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1 August 2011 Influence of phase function on modeled optical response of nanoparticle-labeled epithelial tissues
Can Cihan, Dizem Arifler
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 16, Issue 8, 085002 (August 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3608999
Abstract
Metal nanoparticles can be functionalized with biomolecules to selectively localize in precancerous tissues and can act as optical contrast enhancers for reflectance-based diagnosis of epithelial precancer. We carry out Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to analyze photon propagation through nanoparticle-labeled tissues and to reveal the importance of using a proper form of phase function for modeling purposes. We first employ modified phase functions generated with a weighting scheme that accounts for the relative scattering strengths of unlabeled tissue and nanoparticles. To present a comparative analysis, we repeat our MC simulations with simplified functions that only approximate the angular scattering properties of labeled tissues. The results obtained for common optical sensor geometries and biologically relevant labeling schemes indicate that the exact form of the phase function used as model input plays an important role in determining the reflectance response and approximating functions often prove inadequate in predicting the extent of contrast enhancement due to labeling. Detected reflectance intensities computed with different phase functions can differ up to ∼60% and such a significant deviation may even alter the perceived contrast profile. These results need to be taken into account when developing photon propagation models to assess the diagnostic potential of nanoparticle-enhanced optical measurements.
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Can Cihan and Dizem Arifler "Influence of phase function on modeled optical response of nanoparticle-labeled epithelial tissues," Journal of Biomedical Optics 16(8), 085002 (1 August 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3608999
Published: 1 August 2011
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KEYWORDS
Tissues
Scattering
Nanoparticles
Reflectivity
Tissue optics
Optical fibers
Mie scattering
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