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ArticlePhysical and engineering sciences in medicine2022

Feasibility of 830 nm laser imaging for vein localization in dark skin tissue-mimicking phantoms.

Wesam Bachir, Farah Abo Dargham

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Article in Physical and engineering sciences in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Wesam BachirBiomedical Photonics Laboratory, Higher Institute for Laser Research and Applications, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria. w.b.foit@aspu.edu.sy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-5091
Farah Abo DarghamBiomedical Photonics Laboratory, Higher Institute for Laser Research and Applications, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
Damascus University · SYSyrian Private University · SY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accessing blood vessels by medical professionals has been a challenge in healthcare centers worldwide. The main objective of this work is to investigate the localization of blood vessels in dark skin based on near infrared laser imaging. An 830 nm diode laser was used as a light source to irradiate dark skin mimicking optical phantoms. Phantoms were constructed to simulate dark skin with embedded polymer tubes filled with human blood to mimic subcutaneous veins. Appropriate image processing techniques were also used to enhance the detection and depth resolved differentiation of the vein phantoms. Results show that a linear regression model can represent the relation between the grey level in subcutaneous vein images and the depth of vessels down to 3 mm or deeper (n = 15, R

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Diagnostic ImagingVeinsFeasibility StudiesHumansLasersPhantoms, ImagingImagingLaserNIROptical phantomsSubcutaneous veins

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