Measurement of tissue optical properties

Knowledge of the optical properties is in medicine very important for modeling of light propagation in tissue, diagnosis and therapeutical methods. The aim of a theoretical part is understanding of tissue optics and different approaches for determining optical properties in a turbid medium such as tissue. In experimental part we are designing a new method for determining optical properties absorption coefficient μa and reduced scattering coefficient μ ′ s. This method represents a fast, non-invasive and device minimalistic approach of measurement in small volumes. We focus on spatially resolved measurement of diffuse reflectance and using an empirical model.