title: In vitro simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of biological tissue by the low coherence interferometry.
abstract: We proposed and demonstrated in vitro simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of biological tissue. The technique is based on the low coherence interferometry combined with precise translation stages. Refractive indices were determined with the accuracy of less than 1% for tissue samples of a few hundred micron thickness, including chicken tissue, human tooth and nail. Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of multilayer tissue are also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University 1-7, Japan. ohmi@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohmi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haruna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D002645:Chickens; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009262:Nails; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D012031:Refractometry; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014070:Tooth