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3D printing of tissue-simulating phantoms for calibration of biomedical optical devices

  • Zuhua Zhao
  • , Ximing Zhou
  • , Shuwei Shen
  • , Guangli Liu
  • , Li Yuan
  • , Yuquan Meng
  • , Xiang Lv
  • , Pengfei Shao
  • , Erbao Dong
  • , Ronald X. Xu

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Clinical utility of many biomedical optical devices is limited by the lack of effective and traceable calibration methods. Optical phantoms that simulate biological tissues used for optical device calibration have been explored. However, these phantoms can hardly simulate both structural and optical properties of multi-layered biological tissue. To address this limitation, we develop a 3D printing production line that integrates spin coating, light-cured 3D printing and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) for freeform fabrication of optical phantoms with mechanical and optical heterogeneities. With the gel wax Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and colorless light-curable ink as matrix materials, titanium dioxide (TiO2) powder as the scattering ingredient, graphite powder and black carbon as the absorption ingredient, a multilayer phantom with high-precision is fabricated. The absorption and scattering coefficients of each layer are measured by a double integrating sphere system. The results demonstrate that the system has the potential to fabricate reliable tissue-simulating phantoms to calibrate optical imaging devices. © 2016 SPIE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics VII
PublisherSPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10024
ISBN (Print)9781510604674
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventOptics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics VII - Beijing, China
Duration: 12 Oct 2016 → 14 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10024
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptics in Health Care and Biomedical Optics VII
PlaceChina
CityBeijing
Period12/10/16 → 14/10/16

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Research Keywords

  • absorption
  • FDM
  • light-cured 3D printing
  • scattering.
  • spin coating
  • tissue optical phantom

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