Abstract

A phantom based on a polyurethane system that replicates the optical properties of tissue for use in near-infrared imaging is described. The absorption properties of tissue are simulated by a dye that absorbs in the near infrared, and the scattering properties are simulated by TiO₂ particles. The scattering and absorption coefficients of the plastic were measured with a new technique based on time-resolved transmission through two slabs of materials that have different thicknesses. An image of a representative phantom was obtained from time-gated transmission.

© 1999 Optical Society of America

Time-resolved optical imaging of a solid tissue-equivalent phantom

Jeremy C. Hebden, David J. Hall, Michael Firbank, and David T. Delpy
Appl. Opt. 34(34) 8038-8047 (1995)

Design and characterization of color printed polyurethane films as biomedical phantom layers

Claudia F. Morsink, Alida J. Dam-Vervloet, Marleen E. Krommendijk, Michael Kaya, Carlos Cuartas-Vélez, Tom Knop, Kalloor Joseph Francis, and Nienke Bosschaart
Biomed. Opt. Express 14(9) 4485-4506 (2023)

Development of fluorescent materials for Diffuse Fluorescence Tomography standards and phantoms

John Baeten, Mark Niedre, Joshua Dunham, and Vasilis Ntziachristos
Opt. Express 15(14) 8681-8694 (2007)

Geometrically complex 3D-printed phantoms for diffuse optical imaging

Laura A. Dempsey, Melissa Persad, Samuel Powell, Danial Chitnis, and Jeremy C. Hebden
Biomed. Opt. Express 8(3) 1754-1762 (2017)

Time-domain optical imaging: discrimination between scattering and absorption

Yves Painchaud, Alain Mailloux, Michel Morin, Sonia Verreault, and Pierre Beaudry
Appl. Opt. 38(16) 3686-3693 (1999)