Embryo viscoelasticity measurement by fiber optic system: system development and model experiment

Harumi Itoh; Tsunenori Arai; Makoto Kikuchi; Naoko Morita; Minoru Obara

doi:10.1117/12.308019

1 May 1998 Embryo viscoelasticity measurement by fiber optic system: system development and model experiment

Harumi Itoh, Tsunenori Arai, Makoto Kikuchi, Naoko Morita, Minoru Obara

Proceedings Volume 3253, Biomedical Sensing and Imaging Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308019
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

To establish a non-invasive measurement method for human embryo viability, we studied the fiber-optic dynamic viscoelasticity measurement system. We measured the dynamic viscoelasticity of the gelatin gel model by optical monitoring of the displacement, stress and their phase difference. We measured the reflected light power change of the model surface by a single optical fiber to obtain the displacement of the surface. The dimensions of the gelatin cube model were 1 X 1 X 1cm. A He-Ne laser with 632.8nm in wavelength was used as an illumination light source. A thin single optical fiber with 200 micrometers in core diameter was used both for the illumination and detection. A solenoid-actuator was used to vibrate the model. In the surface displacement ranging from 230 micrometers to 400 micrometers , we carried out the linear relation between the reflected light power change and displacement. We measured the dynamic viscoelasticity in gelatin concentration from 2.5 percent to 7.5 percent. Since the dynamic viscoelasticity of the gelatin increased linearly with increasing of the gelatin concentration, the displacement obtained by the reflected light power measurement can be applicable to obtain the dynamic viscoelasticity. We demonstrated that the efficacy of the novel simple non-invasive dynamic viscoelasticity measurement using the thin optical fiber. This system may be applicable to live embryo measurement with minor reconstruction.

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Harumi Itoh, Tsunenori Arai, Makoto Kikuchi, Naoko Morita, and Minoru Obara "Embryo viscoelasticity measurement by fiber optic system: system development and model experiment", Proc. SPIE 3253, Biomedical Sensing and Imaging Technologies, (1 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308019

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