title: In-vivo multilaboratory investigation of the optical properties of the human head.
abstract: The in-vivo optical properties of the human head are investigated in the 600-1100 nm range on different subjects using continuous wave and time domain diffuse optical spectroscopy. The work was performed in collaboration with different research groups and the different techniques were applied to the same subject. Data analysis was carried out using homogeneous and layered models and final results were also confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations. The depth sensitivity of each technique was investigated and related to the probed region of the cerebral tissue. This work, based on different validated instruments, is a contribution to fill the existing gap between the present knowledge and the actual in-vivo values of the head optical properties.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.affiliation: POLIMI, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torricelli
authors.affiliation: Center for Nano-Science and Technology @POLIMI, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via G. Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bargigia
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.affiliation: POLIMI, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Rinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cubeddu
authors.affiliation: ILM, Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik an der Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 12, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Foschum
authors.affiliation: ILM, Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik an der Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 12, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.affiliation: ILM, Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik an der Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 12, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Emanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: ILM, Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik an der Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 12, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fugger
authors.affiliation: ILM, Institut für Lasertechnologien in der Medizin und Meßtechnik an der Universität Ulm, Helmholtzstraße 12, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Alwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kienle
authors.affiliation: UNIFI, Università degli Studi di Firenze - Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via G. Sansone, N. 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.affiliation: UNIFI, Università degli Studi di Firenze - Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via G. Sansone, N. 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Ninni
authors.affiliation: UNIFI, Università degli Studi di Firenze - Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via G. Sansone, N. 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaccanti
authors.affiliation: IBIB, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milej
authors.affiliation: IBIB, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sawosz
authors.affiliation: IBIB, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacprzak
authors.affiliation: IBIB, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liebert
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy ; POLIMI, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pifferi
keywords: (170.3660) Light propagation in tissues; (170.5280) Photon migration; (170.6935) Tissue characterization; (300.0300) Spectroscopy