Deep tissue imaging of microfracture and non-displaced fracture of bone using the second and third near-infrared therapeutic windows

Laura A. Sordillo; Yang Pu; P. P. Sordillo; Yury Budansky; Robert R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.2046706

4 March 2014 Deep tissue imaging of microfracture and non-displaced fracture of bone using the second and third near-infrared therapeutic windows

Laura A. Sordillo, Yang Pu, P. P. Sordillo, Yury Budansky, Robert R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 8926, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics X; 89263V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2046706
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Near-infrared (NIR) light in the wavelengths of 700 nm to 2,000 nm has three NIR optical, or therapeutic, windows, which allow for deeper depth penetration in scattering tissue media. Microfractures secondary to repetitive stress, particularly in the lower extremities, are an important problem for military recruits and athletes. They also frequently occur in the elderly, or in patients taking bisphosphonates or denosumab. Microfractures can be early predictors of a major bone fracture. Using the second and third NIR therapeutic windows, we investigated the results from images of chicken bone and human tibial bone with microfractures and non-displaced fractures with and without overlying tissues of various thicknesses. Images of bone with microfractures and non-displaced fractures with tissue show scattering photons in the third NIR window with wavelengths between 1,650 nm and 1,870 nm are diminished and absorption is increased slightly from and second NIR windows. Results from images of fractured bones show the attenuation length of light through tissue in the third optical window to be larger than in the second therapeutic window. Use of these windows may aid in the detection of bone microfractures, and thus reduce the incidence of major bone fracture in susceptible groups.

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Laura A. Sordillo, Yang Pu, P. P. Sordillo, Yury Budansky, and Robert R. Alfano "Deep tissue imaging of microfracture and non-displaced fracture of bone using the second and third near-infrared therapeutic windows ", Proc. SPIE 8926, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics X, 89263V (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2046706

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