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Title: Particle size analysis in a turbid media with a single-fiber, optical probe while using a visible spectrometer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174617

Apparatus and method for measuring scatterer size in a dense media with only a single fiber for both light delivery and collection are disclosed. White light is used as a source and oscillations of the detected light intensities are measured as a function of wavelength. The maximum and minimum of the oscillations can be used to determine scatterer size for monodisperse distributions of spheres when the refractive indices are known. In addition several properties of the probe relevant to tissue diagnosis are disclosed including the effects of absorption, a broad distribution of scatterers, and the depth probed.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
6,660,995
Application Number:
09/888,799
OSTI ID:
1174617
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English