A dual interpretation of experimental data concerning the propagation of laser light through tissue-like turbid media

I. Bliznakova; L. Gurdev; T. Dreischuh; O. Vankov; D. Stoyanov; L. Avramov

doi:10.1117/12.881697

17 January 2011 A dual interpretation of experimental data concerning the propagation of laser light through tissue-like turbid media

I. Bliznakova, L. Gurdev, T. Dreischuh, O. Vankov, D. Stoyanov, L. Avramov

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Proceedings Volume 7747, 16th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications; 774710 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881697
Event: XVI International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 2010, Nessebar, Bulgaria

Abstract

The propagation is investigated of a continuous laser beam through homogeneous tissue-like turbid media such as diluted emulsions of Intralipid or milk having presumably sharply forward directed Henyey-Greenstein or Gaussian indicatrices. The cross sectional radial distributions of the detected forward-propagating light power at different depths along the beam axis in each medium of interest are experimentally determined. The detected-power spatial distribution, for both the types of indicatrices, is also described analytically by a solution of the radiative transfer equation in the so-called small-angle approximation. The experimental results are consistent with the analytical expressions obtained that are shown to allow one to estimate the extinction ( αt), reduced-scattering (αrs) and absorption (αa) coefficients and the gfactor of the investigated media. The values obtained of α quite reasonable and behave, depending on the dilution turbidity, in a way observed formerly in other similar experiments. The comparative analysis of the estimated characteristics of the dilutions shows that in the case of Henyey-Greenstein indicatrix we have a smaller value of the g-factor and larger value of αrs with respect to the case of Gaussian indicatrix. At equal g-factors, in the former case we shall have a narrower forward-propagating scattered-light beam with higher on-axis intensity as compared with the latter case.

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I. Bliznakova, L. Gurdev, T. Dreischuh, O. Vankov, D. Stoyanov, and L. Avramov "A dual interpretation of experimental data concerning the propagation of laser light through tissue-like turbid media", Proc. SPIE 7747, 16th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 774710 (17 January 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881697

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