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Evaluation of a fiberoptic-based system for measurement of optical properties in highly attenuating turbid media
- Divyesh Sharma1,
- Anant Agrawal1,
- L Stephanie Matchette1 and
- T Joshua Pfefer1Email author
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-5-49
© Sharma et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2006
- Received: 04 April 2006
- Accepted: 23 August 2006
- Published: 23 August 2006
Abstract
Background
Accurate measurements of the optical properties of biological tissue in the ultraviolet A and short visible wavelengths are needed to achieve a quantitative understanding of novel optical diagnostic devices. Currently, there is minimal information on optical property measurement approaches that are appropriate for in vivo measurements in highly absorbing and scattering tissues. We describe a novel fiberoptic-based reflectance system for measurement of optical properties in highly attenuating turbid media and provide an extensive in vitro evaluation of its accuracy. The influence of collecting reflectance at the illumination fiber on estimation accuracy is also investigated.
Methods
A neural network algorithm and reflectance distributions from Monte Carlo simulations were used to generate predictive models based on the two geometries. Absolute measurements of diffuse reflectance were enabled through calibration of the reflectance system. Spatially-resolved reflectance distributions were measured in tissue phantoms at 405 nm for absorption coefficients (μa) from 1 to 25 cm-1 and reduced scattering coefficients () from 5 to 25 cm-1. These data and predictive models were used to estimate the optical properties of tissue-simulating phantoms.
Results
By comparing predicted and known optical properties, the average errors for μa and were found to be 3.0% and 4.6%, respectively, for a linear probe approach. When bifurcated probe data was included and samples with μa values less than 5 cm-1 were excluded, predictive errors for μa and were further reduced to 1.8% and 3.5%.
Conclusion
Improvements in system design have led to significant reductions in optical property estimation error. While the incorporation of a bifurcated illumination fiber shows promise for improving the accuracy of estimates, further study of this approach is needed to elucidate the source of discrepancies between measurements and simulation results at low μa values.
Keywords
- Turbid Medium
- Tissue Phantom
- Detection Fiber
- Probe Face
- Tissue Optical Property
Background
In recent years, advances in optical technology have helped facilitate rapid progress in fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy-based techniques for medical diagnostics. Recent studies involving ultraviolet A (UVA, 320 to 400 nm) and shorter visible (VIS) wavelengths (400 to 550 nm) have demonstrated that spectroscopic approaches can be highly effective for a variety of applications including intravascular detection of atherosclerotic plaque [1], in situ brain tumor demarcation [2] and surveillance for neoplasia in mucosal tissues that line organs such as the lungs and cervix [3]. While clinical studies have shown significant promise, further improvements in efficacy are needed for this technology to achieve its full potential.
Accurate approaches for in vivo measurement of tissue optical properties in UVA and short VIS wavelengths are needed to optimize the ability of diagnostic devices. Since some tissue discrimination algorithms [4] use optical property data as inputs, the accuracy of this data may directly influence a system's diagnostic efficacy. Furthermore, numerical and analytical models are effective tools for elucidating light-tissue interaction phenomena and identifying optimal device designs, including selection of excitation and collection wavelengths and probe geometry [5, 6]. However, the accuracy of input parameters such as tissue optical properties can strongly influence the quality and usefulness of modeling results.
The most important optical properties for describing light propagation in tissue are absorption coefficient (μa) and reduced scattering coefficient { = μs(1-g)}, which is a convenient combination of the scattering coefficient (μs) and the scattering phase function (g). While prior optical property studies have typically involved VIS to near-infrared wavelengths where tissue tends to have relatively low attenuation levels [7], data on in vivo optical properties in the UVA and lower VIS wavelength ranges are limited. This is likely due in part to the fact that many earlier studies were performed in support of photon migration applications. Another factor may have been the difficulties associated with measuring signals in tissue with high attenuation levels, such as the rapid decay in reflected light levels with distance from the source location.
In spite of the limited literature on optical property measurements at relevant UVA and short VIS wavelengths, prior studies at longer wavelengths have produced significant advances in experimental, computational and analytical techniques, some of which are applicable in our spectral range of interest. While time-[8] and frequency-[9] domain approaches have shown promise at long VIS and near-infrared wavelengths, these approaches tend to be expensive and have not shown efficacy at shorter wavelengths. Spatially-resolved approaches typically involve using tissue phantoms or computer simulations to generate data for inverse model calibration, and then using the model to estimate optical properties based on reflectance measurements [10]. In prior studies, diffuse reflectance has been collected from tissue phantoms over a broad range of optical properties and wavelengths [10–12]. Monte Carlo [10, 11] or diffusion approximation [13] light propagation models are typically used to generate spatially-resolved reflectance profiles, although the latter are limited to larger source-detector separation distances which satisfy diffusion criteria. Reflectance measurements are typically performed with multiple-channel fiberoptic bundles, or probes, which deliver light to the tissue surface and collect reflectance at two or more well-defined distances from the source fiber. Optical fibers are commonly arranged in either circular [11–14] or linear [15, 16] patterns on the face of the fiberoptic probe. The source-collection separation distances used in prior studies have ranged from several millimeters to centimeters [11, 14–18]. Properties such as numerical aperture (NA) and fiber diameter have varied widely in prior studies. One recent study involved an approach based on bifurcated probes of varying aperture diameter, rather than the more typical linear array approach [19]. Multivariate calibration techniques such as neural networks (NN) [10, 13, 20], fuzzy logic [21], regression [11] and partial least squares [22] have been used to solve the inverse problem of determining optical properties from reflectance.
In a prior pilot study, we evaluated several different approaches to fiberoptic probe-based optical property determination using Monte Carlo simulations and diffuse reflectance measurements [23]. By calibrating a neural network model with simulated reflectance data based on uniformly distributed optical properties and validating the model with measurements of tissue phantoms having randomly distributed optical properties, moderately high levels of accuracy were found: root mean square errors of 1.58 cm-1 for μa and 2.35 cm-1 for . These values translate to average predictive errors of 12.5% and 16.2%. Optical property estimation errors may be attributed in part to the measurement approach in which large variations in intensity from fiber-to-fiber were produced at the CCD camera, as well as the limited dynamic range (14-bit) and noise levels generated during long exposures. In general, these results were sufficient for a pilot study, yet they indicated that refinements would be needed before accurate in vivo measurements could be achieved.
In an effort to improve upon the results of the pilot study and develop a system that is sufficiently accurate to provide meaningful data during in vivo measurements, significant modifications were made to the prior system. The goals of the current study were to evaluate the accuracy of this second generation optical property measurement system and assess the potential added benefit of a bifurcated fiberoptic probe that enables detection of reflectance from the illumination site.
Methods
System description
System Diagram. Diagram includes (a) experimental setup and (b) fiberoptic probe face.
Experimental system modifications
Reduction of detected signal range. Monte Carlo simulations and experimental data for μa = 25 cm-1, = 15 cm-1. The signal range in the experimental data was reduced by using neutral density filters to preferentially attenuate the channels closest to the source fiber.
The second optimization task involved enabling absolute measurements by calibrating the measured intensity to simulation results. In order to accomplish this goal, CCD measurements for all detection fibers were made at two different illumination intensities in three different phantoms : μa = 1 cm-1 and = 5 cm-1, μa = 1 cm-1 and = 25 cm-1 and μa = 2 cm-1 and = 25 cm-1. For each fiber position, the relationship between measured CCD counts and Monte Carlo-predicted intensity levels were graphed for the two phantoms. A linear fit to these points and the origin was calculated for each fiber. These linear fits were used as calibration equations to convert CCD counts to absolute intensity levels for all measurements during this study.
Bifurcated fiberoptic probe measurements
Diagram of bifurcated probe. A bifurcated fiberoptic probe was used to measure reflectance at the illumination site.
The reflectance collected at the illumination site of the sample is the total reflectance (Rtotal) which consists of two components: diffuse reflectance (Rdiffuse) and specular reflectance (Rspecular). Fresnel reflections for both fiber core/air and fiber core/water were measured. The probe geometry resulted in multiple reflections at the bifurcation point. Thus, baseline reflectance measurement was made using fiber core refractive index matching liquid (n = 1.47, Cargille Laboratories, Inc; Cedar Grove, NJ). Rdiffuse was obtained by normalizing all the data points to the Fresnel reflections for the fiber core/water as shown below:
R diffuse = R total - R specular (1)
Where,
P sample = Power measured from the sample
P η = Power measured from the index matching liquid
P water = Power output from fiber core/water
P input = Power output from the probe
E.F. = Fiber efficiency factor obtained for the collection fiber
Experimentally measured Fresnel reflectance was within 10% of the theoretical value for the fiber core/water interface. The fiber efficiency factor was obtained by coupling light from a 100 μm core diameter fiber into the common end of the bifurcated fiber and measuring the output from the detection leg of the probe. Measurements were made on the same sets of phantoms used for linear-array fiber system.
Tissue phantoms
Since the validity of the system evaluation is dependent on the accuracy of tissue phantom optical properties, evaluation of phantom materials and benchmarking of phantoms was performed at the outset of this study. The optical properties of individual tissue phantoms were determined using an inverse adding-doubling approach [26] and a spectrophotometer (Shimadzu UV-3101PC, Columbia, MD). This data was compared to theoretical estimates based on Mie theory and direct collimated absorption measurements of the scatterer and absorber, respectively.
Polystyrene microspheres have been used to provide scattering for tissue phantoms in prior studies due to their minimal levels of fluorescence and absorbance as well as their ability to remain in suspension for a long durations. Furthermore, microspheres have a g value which is close to that of biological tissue [27, 28]. In order to achieve a g of approximately 0.9, microspheres with a particle size of 1.053 μm (and thus a g of 0.912) were chosen for this study. In order to insure that the absorber used was a pure absorber, absorption and thus transmission should be linear with the concentration in the desired range of absorption coefficient. These measurements were validated against an independent laser setup. As observed in a prior study [29], India ink is particulate in nature with a significant scattering component. Thus, Nigrosin which is the most common absorber cited in literature and which has a linear transmittance with concentration, was chosen as the absorber. The stock absorption coefficient was measured in a spectrophotometer and subsequently diluted to get the required μa for the phantom within the range 1 to 25 cm-1.
For the reflectance study, a set of 10 phantoms with uniform optical properties and a set of 60 phantoms with random optical properties were constructed. All phantoms were in liquid form, which enabled us to slightly submerge the tip of the fiberoptic probe for optimal fiber-sample coupling. The uniform optical properties had the following values: 1) with μa held constant at 15 cm-1 and = 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm-1; and, 2) with held constant at 15 cm-1 and μa = 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm-1. The random optical properties were distributed over a μa range of 1 to 25 cm-1 and range of 5 to 25 cm-1.
Neural network modeling
Evaluation of the optical property measurement technique was performed by developing a NN based inverse model [23] which when provided reflectance data collected from a sample will generate an estimation of μa and . The NN algorithm implemented a feed-forward backpropagation network with a Levenburg-Marquardt training function. The input layer contained five and six nodes for the linear array and bifurcated designs, respectively. The output layer contained two nodes, for the predicted optical properties. Optical property calculations were performed offline and required minimal processing time (< 1 sec) for data files that incorporated as many as 60 samples.
Raw reflectance data from computational or experimental results for linear-array probe were preprocessed prior to use in the neural network model:
S = -log R (4)
where R is the power of the detected reflectance normalized to the illumination power. NN model calibration was performed using 30 sets of simulated-uniform reflectance (S) distributions, generated by the Monte Carlo modeling approach described previously [23, 30]. Validation was performed against the 30 simulated-uniform (self-validation) and 60 measured phantoms with randomly distributed optical properties.
The linear-array probe data used to calibrate and test the NN models contained reflectance sets comprised of five S values, corresponding to the five detection fibers. When evaluating the models for the bifurcated probe system, the sixth unprocessed (no log taken) reflectance value – Rdiffuse from the illumination site – was added to the linear-array data.
The NN prediction results were analyzed according to the percent deviation from the expected values as follows:
Equation (5) denotes the formula used to generate each of the error data points in the results graphs, whereas equation (6) was used to calculate the overall error for a set of data.
Results
Validation of calibrated system
Comparison of experimental and simulated reflectance with linear array probe. These graphs present absolute diffuse reflectance data as determined by experimental measurements (filled shapes) and Monte Carlo simulations (open shapes). Graph (a) shows the effect of μa on reflectance when is held constant at 15 cm-1, whereas (b) shows the effect of μs on the reflectance when μa is held constant at 15 cm-1.
Linear-array probe
Accuracy of optical property estimates with linear array probe. These graphs present results for estimates of (a) μa and (b) . Each of the 60 points represents the difference between predicted and true values.
Evaluation of predictive NN models for the linear-array probe system.
Esimulated (n = 30) | Emeasured (n = 60) | |
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Case A: All Samples | ||
μa | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| 0.9% | 5.6% |
Case B: Samples with μa > 5 cm-1 | ||
μa | 1.0% | 2.2% |
| 1.0% | 4.6% |
A summary of mean errors is presented in Table 1 for both the self-validation and experimental evaluation data. While the self-validation data set shows less error for than for μa, measured results indicate the opposite trend. The reason for this is addressed in the discussion section. In general, the self-validation results indicate significantly better estimations than the experimental results, due in part to unavoidable experimental errors (e.g., noise in the detected signal, nonuniformity of the sample, imperfect coupling, etc.). These small errors tend to be amplified for small μa values, due to the two factors mentioned in the prior paragraph. Nevertheless, over the vast majority of the optical property range of interest, our approach provides a mean error level of less than 5%.
Bifurcated probe and combined approach
Accuracy of diffuse reflectance measurements with bifurcated probe. This graph provides a comparison of simulated (open shapes) and measured (filled shapes) diffuse reflectance for the bifurcated probe. Squares represent the effect of variations in (for a constant μa = 15 cm-1). Circles represent the effect of μa (for a constant = 15 cm-1).
Accuracy of optical property estimates with combined linear-bifurcated probe. These graphs present results for estimates of (a) μa and (b) . Each of the 60 data points represents the difference between predicted and true optical property values.
Evaluation of predictive NN models for the combined linear-array/bifurcated probe approach.
Esimulated (n = 30) | Emeasured (n = 60) | |
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Case A: All samples | ||
μa | 2.1% | 4.0% |
| 0.7% | 5.5% |
Case B: Samples with μa > 5 cm-1 | ||
μa | 0.9% | 2.2% |
| 0.7% | 3.7% |
Discussion
Evaluation of reflectance measurements
Initial comparisons between measured and simulated data helped to validate the basic system performance for the linear array (Figure 4) and bifurcated fiber (Figure 6) probes. These graphs indicate that good agreement was achieved between the experimentally measured diffuse reflectance and simulation results over the entire range of optical properties studied. For the linear array probe, experimental and modeled data showed small discrepancies at the most distant fiber and highest μa values, as well as at lower values. Bifurcated probe data show good agreement as well, with the exception of very low μa values, where the experimental values are significantly larger than the simulation data. Further discussion of the source of this discrepancy is provided in the "Analysis of Combined Probe Approach" section.
Notable trends in reflectance
Data in Figures 4 and 6 provide insight into general trends in reflectance as well as the performance of optical property estimation models. As seen in these figures and noted in our prior study [23], an increase in μa causes relatively large decreases in reflectance, whereas increasing produces less substantial variations. This is due to the fact that μa directly affects absorption of photons all along the path from source to detector, whereas , influences the diffuse nature of photon propagation which has a less direct influence on attenuation. Given the larger changes in reflectance with μa than , one would expect that for measurements with any significant level of error, the optical property estimation error would be greater for than for μa. This was shown to be true for evaluations with experimental data (Tables 1 and 2). While the self-validation results produced equivalent or greater errors for μa than , these error levels were minimal. Figure 4a also indicates that the measured reflectance is slightly greater than the simulated reflectance for high at the 2.5 mm position. These discrepancies appear to have been small enough to not significantly impact the predictions in Figure 5.
Reflectance data in Figure 4(b) indicate other interesting trends. Changes in reflectance intensity with at the 0.5 mm fiber are significant when values are small, but minimal when is large. Conversely, at the 2.5 mm fiber, the change in reflectance as a function of is small when is low, and becomes larger at higher values. Therefore, it is likely that reflectance from the 0.5 mm fiber is not very useful when is high and reflectance from the 2.5 mm fiber is not very useful when is low. Additionally, since reflectance at the 1.5 mm and 2 mm fibers does not appear to change significantly with , these values have minimal predictive value.
For the bifurcated probe geometry (Figure 6), increases in produced an approximately linear increase in reflectance. As was increased across the entire range from 5 to 25 cm-1, reflectance increased by 370% This early result formed the basis of our hypothesis that reflectance data at the point of illumination might provide useful information on which could be measured via a combined bifurcated-linear probe geometry.
Analysis of linear-array approach
The goal of this study was to develop a well-characterized second generation system that was highly accurate in the optical property range of interest. As mentioned previously, our prior system [23] was capable of estimating μa and with average errors of 12.5% and 16.2%, respectively. In the current study, the best results for the full optical property range was provided by the linear-array approach, which enabled prediction of μa and with errors of 3.2% and 5.6%, respectively. This represents reductions in error of 74% and 65% over our prior system. However, if the optical property range is restricted to include only μa values above 5 cm-1, the combined approach provides even lower error levels: 2.2% and 3.7% for μa and , respectively. These results represent a significant improvement over our prior system and provide evidence that the current approach has strong potential to provide accurate estimates of in vivo optical properties.
Exact comparisons of current results with prior studies are not possible due to a lack of data for diffuse-reflectance based systems in the optical property range of interest. However, our findings compare favorably with the limited data available in the literature. In one recent study [31], tissue phantoms with μa values in the range of 1.3 cm-1 to 31.8 cm-1 were measured. The prediction error in this study ranged from 0.3% for a μa of 14.4 cm-1 to 14% for a μa of 21.2 cm-1. A second study [32] found accuracy levels within 10% for μa and 5% for using tissue phantoms over an optical property range that included μa values from 0.6 to 3.3 cm-1 and values from 10 to 22 cm-1. Not only are our current results comparable to those from prior studies in terms of prediction error, but the measurement of 60 random tissue phantoms enabled a more rigorous evaluation process than provided by prior studies.
Analysis of combined probe approach
The linear-array geometry (Table 1) produced a higher level of prediction accuracy for μa than for . Given the initial results from bifurcated probe measurements (Figure 6), it was expected that the combined linear-bifurcated approach would improve the accuracy of predictions. Our findings confirm this hypothesis, although the improvements in accuracy are not obvious in all results. When all samples are considered, the implementation of the combined approach was seen to reduce the estimation error from 5.6% to 5.5 %, while the error for μa increased from 3.2 to 4.0%. When only samples with μa > 5 cm-1 were analyzed, error improved from 4.6% to 3.7% (an improvement of 20%) while the μa error remained constant at 2.2%. Therefore, in general, the implementation of the bifurcated approach produced an improvement in , possibly at the expense of a slight increase in μa error.
The limited success of the bifurcated probe geometry and discrepancy between measured and simulated data at low μa values (Figure 6) are likely related to two factors: (1) reflection off the probe face, which was simulated in our model as a perfect absorber and (2) discrepancies between the Henyey-Greenstein phase function used in the current study and the true phase function of the sample. While the probe face is not a perfect absorber, additional simulations performed with our model indicate that even if it were 100% reflective, the increase in detected signal for μa = 1 cm-1, = 15 cm-1 would only be about 15%. Therefore, it is not likely that this is the primary for the discrepancy noted in Figure 6. Prior studies have indicated that for small source-detector separation distances, models based on the Henyey-Greenstein phase function may not produce accurate reflectance predictions due to underestimation of backscattered photons [33, 34]. While neither of these prior studies included high μa values, Mourant et al. provided simulation data for = 12.2 cm-1 and μa = 0–2 cm-1 in an adjacent fiber geometry which provides qualitative corroboration of the errors found with our bifurcated probe for μa<5 cm-1. While the Mie phase function employed by Mourant et al. produces greater accuracy when simulating the behaviour of microspheres of a single diameter, the benefit of this approach may be reduced in complex biological tissue with a variety of scatterers. One of the only recent studies involving measurements of reflectance with a bifurcated probe showed minimal discrepancy between experimental results and Monte Carlo simulations employing a Henyey-Greenstein phase function [19]. Given these prior results, we believe that a bifurcated approach is valid at least for samples with μa values of 5 cm-1 or more. However, given the apparent lack of agreement in the literature there exists a need to further elucidate the true effect of phase function on reflectance measurements and in highly attenuating turbid media. Therefore, we intend perform a future study to thoroughly characterize the influence of phase function in highly attenuating samples and thus generate more definitive answers regarding the conditions (e.g., optical properties, probe geometries, scatterer sizes) for which Henyey-Greenstein and Mie phase functions are valid. Such research will further facilitate the simulation and development of reflectance systems that employ both single- and multi-fiber probes.
Conclusion
This study represents a significant step towards the accomplishment of our long-term goal of performing in vivo measurements of tissue optical properties at UVA-VIS wavelengths. Revisions in instrumentation and procedures have improved our system's ability to measure optical properties in turbid media. A rigorous experimental evaluation of this system indicated decreases in average error of 74% and 65% for μa and , respectively, in comparison with our prior study. Given that a mean optical property measurement error of less than 5% has been achieved, our approach has the potential to provide scientifically useful in vivo data. The inclusion of reflectance data from the illumination site produced a decrease of 24% in average error for predicting , yet the validity of this approach for samples with μa values of about 5 cm-1 or less is questionable and will require further research.
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