Solid phantom recipe for diffuse optics in biophotonics applications: a step towards anatomically correct 3D tissue phantoms

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2019-04-01
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Sekar, Sanathana Konugolu Venkata
Pacheco, Andrea
Martella, Pierluigi
Li, Haiyang
Lanka, Pranav
Pifferi, Antonio
Andersson-Engels, Stefan
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We present a tissue mimicking optical phantom recipe to create robust well tested solid phantoms. The recipe consists of black silicone pigment (absorber), silica microspheres (scatterer) and silicone rubber (SiliGlass, bulk material). The phantom recipe was characterized over a broadband spectrum (600-1100 nm) for a wide range of optical properties (absorption 0.1-1 cm−1, reduced scattering 5-25 cm−1) that are relevant to human organs. The results of linearity show a proper scaling of optical properties as well as the absence of coupling between the absorber and scatterer at different concentrations. A reproducibility of 4% among different preparations was obtained, with a similar grade of spatial homogeneity. Finally, a 3D non-scattering mock-up phantom of an infant torso made with the same recipe bulk material (SiliGlass) was presented to project the futuristic aspect of our work that is 3D printing human organs of biomedical relevance.
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Solid phantoms , Human organs , 3D printing
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Sekar, S.K.V., Pacheco, A., Martella, P., Li, H., Lanka, P., Pifferi, A. and Andersson-Engels, S. (2019) 'Solid phantom recipe for diffuse optics in biophotonics applications: a step towards anatomically correct 3D tissue phantoms', Biomedical Optics Express, 10(4), (10pp). DOI:10.1364/BOE.10.002090