Data on the refractive index of freshly-excised human tissues in the visible and near-infrared spectral range

Maria Matiatou; Panagiotis Giannios; Spyridon Koutsoumpos; Konstantinos G. Toutouzas; George C. Zografos; Konstantinos Moutzouris

Results in Physics (Mar 2021)

Data on the refractive index of freshly-excised human tissues in the visible and near-infrared spectral range

Maria Matiatou,
Panagiotis Giannios,
Spyridon Koutsoumpos,
Konstantinos G. Toutouzas,
George C. Zografos,
Konstantinos Moutzouris

Affiliations

Maria Matiatou: Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Materials, Dpt. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo 12244, Greece; First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Panagiotis Giannios: Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Materials, Dpt. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo 12244, Greece; Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, IRB, Barcelona 08028, Spain
Spyridon Koutsoumpos: Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Materials, Dpt. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo 12244, Greece
Konstantinos G. Toutouzas: First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
George C. Zografos: First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Moutzouris: Laboratory of Electronic Devices and Materials, Dpt. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica, Egaleo 12244, Greece; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
p. 103833

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We report on the experimental determination of the refractive index for eleven freshly-excised human tissue types, acquired from 16 patients. Measurements are based on a prism-coupling refractometer that is pumped by five individual laser sources emitting monochromatic radiation at 450 nm, 532 nm, 633 nm, 964 nm and 1551 nm, respectively. A simple Cauchy model reproduces accurately experimental data and enables the prediction of tissue’s index within the entire visible and near-infrared spectral range, as well the estimation of dispersion-related parameters, such as group velocity dispersion.

Published in Results in Physics

ISSN: 2211-3797 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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