Journal of Biophotonics
Journal of Biophotonics
5 years ago

Optical properties of mice's stool in 550-1000 nm wavelength range

Jingjing Jiang, Tanja Karen, Helene Isler, Alexander Kalyanov, Martin Wolf, Linda Ahnen, Scott Lindner, Salvador Sánchez Majos, Aldo Di Costanzo Mata, Catherine Germanier
The aim of this work was to measure optical properties of stool of mice to provide this relevant wavelength-dependent behavior for optical imaging modalities such as fluorescent molecular tomography and near-infrared optical tomography. BALB/c nude female mice were studied and optical properties of the stool were determined by employing the inverse adding-doubling approach. The animals were kept on chlorophyll-free diet. Nine stool samples were measured. The wavelength-dependent behavior of absorption and scattering in 550-1000 nm range is presented. The reduced scattering spectrum is fitted to the Mie scattering approximation in the near-infrared (NIR) wavelength range and to the Mie + Rayleigh approximation in VIS/NIR range with the fitting coefficients presented. The study revealed that the absorption spectrum of stool can lead to crosstalk with the spectrum of hemoglobin in the NIR range.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700076

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