title: Imaging depth and multiple scattering in laser speckle contrast imaging.
abstract: Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) is a powerful and simple method for full field imaging of blood flow. However, the depth dependence and the degree of multiple scattering have not been thoroughly investigated. We employ three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations of photon propagation combined with high resolution vascular anatomy to investigate these two issues. We found that 95% of the detected signal comes from the top 700 μm of tissue. Additionally, we observed that single-intravascular scattering is an accurate description of photon sampling dynamics, but that regions of interest (ROIs) in areas free of obvious surface vessels had fewer intravascular scattering events than ROI over resolved surface vessels. Furthermore, we observed that the local vascular anatomy can strongly affect the depth dependence of LSCI. We performed simulations over a wide range of intravascular and extravascular scattering properties to confirm the applicability of these results to LSCI imaging over a wide range of visible and near-infrared wavelengths.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Mitchell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: S M Shams
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kazmi
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D051379:Mice; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
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