• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 10, Issue 3, 1650051 (2017)
Kübra Seker* and Mehmet Engin
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University Bornova, Izmir, Turkey, 35100
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545816500516 Cite this Article
    Kübra Seker, Mehmet Engin. Deep tissue near-infrared imaging for vascular network analysis[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2017, 10(3): 1650051 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Subcutaneous vein network plays important roles to maintain microcirculation that is related to some diagnostic aspects. Despite developments of optical imaging technologies, still the di±culties about deep skin vascular imaging have been continued. On the other hand, since hemoglobin concentration of human blood has key role in the veins imaging by optical manner, the used wavelength in vascular imaging, must be chosen considering absorption of hemoglobin. In this research, we constructed a near infrared (NIR) light source because of lower absorption of hemoglobin in this optical region. To obtain vascular image, reflectance geometry was used. Next, from recorded images, vascular network analysis, such as calculation of width of vascular of interest and complexity of selected region were implemented. By comparing with other modalities, we observed that proposed imaging system has great advantages including nonionized radiation, moderate penetration depth of 0.5–3mm and diameter of 1mm, cost-effective and algorithmic simplicity for analysis.
    Kübra Seker, Mehmet Engin. Deep tissue near-infrared imaging for vascular network analysis[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2017, 10(3): 1650051
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