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Volume 4, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Laser Opt Photonics, an open access journal
ISSN: 2469-410X
Optics 2017
November 15-17, 2017
November 15-17, 2017 | Las Vegas, USA
8
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
Lasers, Optics & Photonics
In vivo
physiological imaging of biological tissues based on diffuse reflectance spectroscopy with an RGB
camera
Izumi Nishidate
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Q
uantitative assessment of optical properties is important for monitoring metabolism, viability and physiological conditions
of
in vivo
biological tissues. Diffuse reflectance spectra of living tissues reflects the optical absorption spectra of biological
chromophores (i.e., oxygenated hemoglobin, deoxygenated hemoglobin, bilirubin, cytochrome c oxidase, and melanin) and the light
scattering spectra of tissues. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) has been widely used for the evaluation of chromophores in living
tissue. The multispectral imaging technique is a useful tool for extending DRS to the spatial mapping of the chromophores and tissue
morphology. This can be simply achieved by a monochromatic charge-coupled device (CCD) camera with narrowband filters and a
white light source, which has been used to investigate the physiological conditions in living tissues such as blood perfusion, oxygenation
state of hemoglobin, and melanin content. In clinical conditions, simpler, more cost-effective and more portable equipment is needed.
The digital red, green, blue (RGB) imaging is a promising tool for satisfying these demands for practical application. Imaging with
broadband filters, as in the case of digital RGB imaging, can also probe spectral information without mechanical rotation of a filter
wheel. We have developed an simple imaging technique with a digital RGB camera for
in vivo
functional imaging of biological tissues.
The experimental results indicated the ability to evaluate the physiological reactions and hemodynamics in rats and humans.
Biography
Izumi Nishidate is working as an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
His research spans the interdisciplinary fields of Biomedical Optics with particular emphasis on the development of new techniques for medical measurement, imaging and
diagnosis. His major areas of activity include diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, spectral imaging, analysis of light transport in biological tissues and functional imaging of
various organs. He received his PhD (2004) degree in Mechanical Systems Engineering, from Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan. He has authored/co-authored over
200 refereed journal articles, book chapters and conference/symposia proceeding articles.
inishi@cc.tuat.ac.jpIzumi Nishidate, J Laser Opt Photonics 2017, 4:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2469-410X-C1-017