Measurement of Optical Scattering Coefficient of the Individual Layers of the Human Urinary Bladder Using Optical Coherence Tomography | Zendy

O’tega Ejofodomi | Zendy

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Measurement of Optical Scattering Coefficient of the Individual Layers of the Human Urinary Bladder Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Author(s) -

O’tega Ejofodomi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

isrn biomedical imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2314-5412

DOI - 10.1155/2014/591592

Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , optics , attenuation , materials science , urothelium , penetration depth , attenuation coefficient , scattering , lamina propria , urinary bladder , light scattering , optical tomography , tomography , physics , medicine , pathology , urology , epithelium

The author reports measurement of the optical attenuation of the urinary bladder using Optical Coherence Tomography. This method uses the exponential relationship that exists between the intensity of the back-scattered infrared light and the penetration depth. The method is applied to Optical Coherence Tomography images of the human urinary bladder and the scattering coefficients of the top three layers (urothelium, lamina propria, and muscle layers, resp.) are extracted. An optical attenuation ratio of 1 : 6.2 : 4.2 for the three layers is reported.

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