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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2020

Experimental validation of a spectroscopic Monte Carlo light transport simulation technique and Raman scattering depth sensing analysis in biological tissue.

Alireza Akbarzadeh, Ehsan Edjlali, Guillaume Sheehy, Juliette Selb, Rajeev Agarwal, Jessie Weber, Frédéric Leblond

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alireza AkbarzadehPolytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ehsan EdjlaliPolytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Guillaume SheehyPolytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Juliette SelbODS Medical Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Rajeev AgarwalODS Medical Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jessie WeberInstitut National d'Optique, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Frédéric LeblondPolytechnique Montréal, Department of Engineering Physics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Polytechnique Montréal · CAInstitut National d'Optique · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceRaman spectroscopy (RS) applied to surgical guidance is attracting attention among scientists in biomedical optics. Offering a computational platform for studying depth-resolved RS and probing molecular specificity of different tissue layers is of crucial importance to increase the precision of these techniques and facilitate their clinical adoption.

aimThe aim of this work was to present a rigorous analysis of inelastic scattering depth sampling and elucidate the relationship between sensing depth of the Raman effect and optical properties of the tissue under interrogation. APPROACH: A new Monte Carlo (MC) package was developed to simulate absorption, fluorescence, elastic, and inelastic scattering of light in tissue. The validity of the MC algorithm was demonstrated by comparison with experimental Raman spectra in phantoms of known optical properties using nylon and polydimethylsiloxane as Raman-active compounds. A series of MC simulations were performed to study the effects of optical properties on Raman sensing depth for an imaging geometry consistent with single-point detection using a handheld fiber optics probe system.

resultsThe MC code was used to estimate the Raman sensing depth of a handheld fiber optics system. For absorption and reduced scattering coefficients of 0.001 and 1  mm  -  1, the sensing depth varied from 105 to 225  μm for a range of Raman probabilities from 10  -  6 to 10  -  3. Further, for a realistic Raman probability of 10  -  6, the sensing depth ranged between 10 and 600  μm for the range of absorption coefficients 0.001 to 1.4  mm  -  1 and reduced scattering coefficients of 0.5 to 30  mm  -  1.

conclusionsA spectroscopic MC light transport simulation platform was developed and validated against experimental measurements in tissue phantoms and used to predict depth sensing in tissue. It is hoped that the current package and reported results provide the research community with an effective simulating tool to improve the development of clinical applications of RS.

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Fiber Optic TechnologySpectrum Analysis, RamanComputer SimulationMonte Carlo MethodPhantoms, ImagingScattering, Radiationelastic scatteringfluorescencemetrologyMonte Carlo simulationRaman spectroscopytissue optics

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PMID33111509
PMCPMC7720906
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