Infrared irradiation of skin for the development of non-invasive health monitoring technologies

Hisham Abdussamad Abbas; Gregory Triplett

doi:10.1117/12.2182345

19 June 2015 Infrared irradiation of skin for the development of non-invasive health monitoring technologies

Hisham Abdussamad Abbas, Gregory Triplett

Proceedings Volume 9531, Biophotonics South America; 95311F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182345
Event: SPIE Biophotonics South America, 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

Infrared radiation was employed to study the optical transmission properties of pigskin and the factors that influence transmission at room temperature. The skin samples from the forehead of piglets were irradiated using an infrared-pulsed source by varying the beam properties such as optical power, power density, duty cycle, as well as sample thickness. Because infrared radiation in select instances can penetrate through thick-fleshy skin more easily than visible radiation, temperature fluctuations observed within the skin samples stemming from exposure-dependent absorption revealed interesting transmission properties and the limits of optical exposure. Pigskin was selected for this study since its structure most closely resembles that of human skin. Furthermore, the pulsed beam technique compared to continuous operation offers more precise control of heat generation within the skin. Through this effort, the correlated pulsed-beam parameters that influence infrared transmission were identified and varied to minimize the internal absorption losses through the dermis layers. The two most significant parameters that reduce absorption losses were frequency and duty cycle of the pulsed beam. Using the Bouger-Beer-Lambert Law, the absorption coefficient from empirical data is approximated, while accepting that the absorption coefficient is neither uniform nor linear. Given that the optical source used in this study was single mode, the infrared spectra obtained from irradiated samples also reveal characteristics of the skin structure. Realization of appropriate sample conditions and exposure parameters that reduce light attenuation within the skin and sample degradation could give way to novel non-invasive measuring techniques for health monitoring purposes.

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Hisham Abdussamad Abbas and Gregory Triplett "Infrared irradiation of skin for the development of non-invasive health monitoring technologies", Proc. SPIE 9531, Biophotonics South America, 95311F (19 June 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182345

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Skin

Absorption

Infrared radiation

Tissue optics

Thermography

Geometrical optics

Temperature metrology

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