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1 November 2008 Spectral filtering for improved pulsed photothermal temperature profiling in agar tissue phantoms
Matija Milanic, Boris Majaron, J. Stuart Nelson M.D.
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 6, 064002 (November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2998477
Abstract
We present a systematic experimental comparison of pulsed photothermal temperature profiling utilizing the customary spectral band of the InSb radiation detector (λ=3.0 to 5.6 μm) and a narrowed acquisition band (4.5 to 5.6 μm). We use custom tissue phantoms composed of agar gel layers separated by thin absorbing layers. The laser-induced temperature profiles are reconstructed within the customary monochromatic approximation, using a custom minimization algorithm. In a detailed numerical simulation of the experimental procedure, we consider several acquisition spectral bands with the lower wavelength limit varied between 3.0 and 5.0 μm (imitating application of different long-pass filters). The simulated PPTR signals contain noise with amplitude and spectral characteristics consistent with our experimental system. Both experimental and numerical results indicate that spectral filtering reduces reconstruction error and broadening of temperature peaks, especially for shallower and more complex absorbing structures. For the simulated PPTR system and watery tissues, numerical results indicate an optimal lower wavelength limit of 3.8 to 4.2 μm.
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Matija Milanic, Boris Majaron, and J. Stuart Nelson M.D. "Spectral filtering for improved pulsed photothermal temperature profiling in agar tissue phantoms," Journal of Biomedical Optics 13(6), 064002 (1 November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2998477
Published: 1 November 2008
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KEYWORDS
Optical filters
Profiling
Signal to noise ratio
Tissues
Absorption
Interference (communication)
Sensors
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