Abstract
This work presents results on the modeling of the photon diffusion in a three-layered model, (skin, fat and muscle). The Finite Element method was performed in order to calculate the temporal response of the above-mentioned structure. The thickness of the fat layer was varied from 1 to 15 mm to investigate the effects of increasing fat thickness on the muscle layer absorption coefficient measurements for a source-detector spacing of 30 mm. The simulated time-resolved reflectance data, at different wavelengths, were fitted to the diffusion model to yield the scattering and absorption coefficients of muscle. The errors in estimating muscle absorption coefficients ua depend on the thickness of the fat layer and its optical properties. In addition, it was shown that it is possible to recover with a good precision (~2.6 % of error) the absorption coefficient of muscle and this up to a thickness of the fat layer not exceeding 4mm. Beyond this limit a correction is proposed in order to make measurements coherent. The muscle-corrected absorption coefficient can be then used to calculate hemoglobin oxygenation.
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