Real-time absorption and scattering characterization of slab-shaped turbid samples obtained by a combination of angular and spatially resolved measurements.
We present a fast and accurate method for real-time determination of the absorption coefficient, the scattering coefficient, and the anisotropy factor of thin turbid samples by using simple continuous-wave noncoherent light sources. The three optical properties are extracted from recordings of angularly resolved transmittance in addition to spatially resolved diffuse reflectance and transmittance. The applied multivariate calibration and prediction techniques are based on multiple polynomial regression in combination with a Newton--Raphson algorithm. The numerical test results based on Monte Carlo simulations showed mean prediction errors of approximately 0.5% for all three optical properties within ranges typical for biological media. Preliminary experimental results are also presented yielding errors of approximately 5%. Thus the presented methods show a substantial potential for simultaneous absorption and scattering characterization of turbid media.
Dam
Jan S
JS
Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
Yavari
Nazila
N
Sørensen
Søren
S
Andersson-Engels
Stefan
S
D000042:Absorption; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D045424:Complex Mixtures