Investigations of the intravascular backscattering distribution of light in optical coherence tomography

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Abstract

The inhomogeneous backscattering distribution of low-coherent light in blood vessels, which appears as waisted double fan-shaped intensity pattern, is investigated in an in vivo mouse model and flow phantom measurements using high resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography in the 1.3 μm wavelength region. Based on a predicted orientation of the red blood cells towards laminar flow, an angular modulation of the corresponding backscattering crosssection inside the vessels is assumed. In combination with the signal attenuation in depth by absorption and scattering, a simple model of the intravascular intensity modulation is derived. The suitability of the model is demonstrated exemplarily at the saphenous artery of the mouse during different states of the heart cycle as well as at phantom measurements with well known flow characteristics. The obtained data and the predicted model show good correspondence to each other which leads to the conclusion that the red blood cell orientation seems to be the reason for the observed intensity distribution inside the blood vessels. Therefore, the analysis of the intravascular intensity pattern might be useful for the evaluation of flow characteristics. Additional investigations of the precise angular backscattering of the complex shaped red blood cells are necessary for further model refinement.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIV
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2010
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Band7554
ISSN1605-7422

Konferenz

TitelOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIV
Dauer25 - 27 Januar 2010
StadtSan Francisco, CA
LandUSA/Vereinigte Staaten

Externe IDs

Scopus 77951554449
ORCID /0000-0003-0554-2178/work/142249869
ORCID /0000-0003-2292-5533/work/142256607

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Blood flow imaging, Flow phantom, Optical coherence tomography, Red blood cell orientation, Shear flow