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11 September 2019 Validation of speed-resolved laser Doppler perfusion in a multimodal optical system using a blood-flow phantom
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Abstract

The PeriFlux 6000 EPOS system combines diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) for the assessment of oxygen saturation (expressed in percentage), red blood cell (RBC) tissue fraction (expressed as volume fraction, %RBC), and perfusion (%RBC  ×  mm  /  s) in the microcirculation. It also allows the possibility of separating the perfusion into three speed regions (0 to 1, 1 to 10, and >10  mm  /  s). We evaluate the speed-resolved perfusion components, i.e., the relative amount of perfusion within each speed region, using a blood-flow phantom. Human blood was pumped through microtubes with an inner diameter of 0.15 mm. Measured DRS and LDF spectra were compared to Monte Carlo-simulated spectra in an optimization routine, giving the best-fit parameters describing the measured spectra. The root-mean-square error for each of the three speed components (0 to 1, 1 to 10, and >10  mm  /  s, respectively) when describing the blood-flow speed in the microtubes was 2.9%, 8.1%, and 7.7%. The presented results show that the system can accurately discriminate blood perfusion originating from different blood-flow speeds, which may enable improved measurement of healthy and dysfunctional microcirculatory flow.

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Hanna Jonasson, Ingemar Fredriksson, Marcus Larsson, and Tomas Strömberg "Validation of speed-resolved laser Doppler perfusion in a multimodal optical system using a blood-flow phantom," Journal of Biomedical Optics 24(9), 095002 (11 September 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.24.9.095002
Received: 21 May 2019; Accepted: 14 August 2019; Published: 11 September 2019
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KEYWORDS
Doppler effect

Tissues

Blood

Scattering

Tissue optics

Optical fibers

Laser tissue interaction

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