Use of cylindrical diffusing fibers as detectors for interstitial tissue spectroscopy

Timothy M. Baran; Thomas H. Foster

doi:10.1117/12.2085543

2 March 2015 Use of cylindrical diffusing fibers as detectors for interstitial tissue spectroscopy

Timothy M. Baran, Thomas H. Foster

Proceedings Volume 9308, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXIV; 93080J (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085543
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Interstitial photodynamic therapy (iPDT) describes the use of implanted optical fibers for delivery of treatment light to activate photosensitizer in regions that can be located deep within the body. Since sensitive healthy structures are often located nearby, this requires careful treatment planning that is dependent on tissue optical properties. Determination of these values usually involves the insertion of additional fibers into the volume, or the use of flat-cleaved optical fibers as both treatment sources and detectors. The insertion of additional fibers is undesirable, and cylindrical diffusers have been shown to offer superior treatment characteristics compared to flat-cleaved fibers. Using cylindrical diffusers as detectors for spectroscopic measurement is therefore attractive. We describe the determination of the detection profile for a particular cylindrical diffuser design and derive the scatterer concentration gradient within the diffuser core. This detection profile is compared to previously characterized diffusers, and is shown to be dependent on the diffuser design. For diffusers with a constant scatterer concentration and distal mirror, the detection profile is localized to the proximal end of the diffusing region. For diffusers with variable scattering concentration along their length and no distal mirror, the detection profile is shown to be more uniform along the diffusing region. We also present preliminary results showing the recovery of optical properties using arrays of cylindrical diffusing fibers as sources and detectors, with a mean error of 4.4% in the determination of μ_eff. The accuracy of these results is comparable to those obtained with other methods of optical property recovery.

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Timothy M. Baran and Thomas H. Foster "Use of cylindrical diffusing fibers as detectors for interstitial tissue spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 9308, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXIV, 93080J (2 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085543

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