Spatially resolved diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence photon depth distribution in human skin spectroscopy: a modeling study

Victor Colas; Christian Daul; Grégoire Khairallah; Marine Amouroux; Walter Blondel

doi:10.1117/12.2575069

10 October 2020 Spatially resolved diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence photon depth distribution in human skin spectroscopy: a modeling study

Victor Colas, Christian Daul, Grégoire Khairallah, Marine Amouroux, Walter Blondel

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Proceedings Volume 11553, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics X; 115531A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2575069
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

In the context of cutaneous carcinoma in vivo diagnosis, Diffuse Relectance (DR) and skin endogenous fluores- cence (AF) spectra, acquired using Spatially Resolved (SR) multimodal optical biopsy, can be analysed to discard healthy from pathological areas. Indeed, carcinogenesis induces morphological and metabolic changes affecting endogenous fluorophores such as for instance elastosis and enzymatic degradation of collagen fluorescence in the dermis or decreased NADH fluorescence in the epidermis. The present contribution aims at studying the path and propagation depth distribution of DR and AF photons in skin in the perspective of analyzing how these photons contribute to the corresponding acquired spectra carrying local physiological information. Modified CudaMCML-based simulations were performed on a five-layer human skin optical model with (i) wavelength resolved scattering, absorption and endogenous fluorescence properties and (ii) multiple fiber optic probe ge- ometrical configuration of a SR-DR and -AF spectroscopic device. The simulation results provided numerical evidences of the behaviour of detected photons in the tissue. In particular, we succeeded in linking the character- istic penetration depth of the detected photons to their wavelengths and the source-sensor distance. In addition, we managed to identify the region where the fluorescence events associated with the AF spectrum photon take place. The study provides qualitative and quantitative tools that can be useful during the design of an optical multimodal biopsy device.

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Victor Colas, Christian Daul, Grégoire Khairallah, Marine Amouroux, and Walter Blondel "Spatially resolved diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence photon depth distribution in human skin spectroscopy: a modeling study", Proc. SPIE 11553, Optics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics X, 115531A (10 October 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2575069

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