TITLE:
Phantom of Human Adipose Tissue and Studies of Light Propagation and Light Absorption for Parameterization and Evaluation of Noninvasive Optical Fat Measuring Devices
AUTHORS:
Stefan Hartmann, Matthias Moschall, Oliver Schäfer, Frank Stüpmann, Ulrich Timm, David Klinger, Jens Kraitl, Hartmut Ewald
KEYWORDS:
Body Fat Percentage, Noninvasive Body Fat Measurement, Spectroscopy, Optical Properties of Tissue, Optical Phantoms, Monte Carlo Simulation
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
28,
2015
ABSTRACT: A method
for noninvasive determination of fat and water content in the human body is
examined. A spatially resolved spectroscopy method is used which can record low
intensity near infrared spectra. This novel approach is compared to other
methods for the determination of fat and water content. Monte Carlo simulations
of light propagation in tissue are shown and the production and
characterization of optical phantoms of adipose tissue are investigated.