Methods of enhanced light transmission through turbid biological media
First Claim
1. A method of reducing light attenuation within biological media, comprising:
- delivering an effective amount of biocompatible fluid within said biological media to;
soak said biological media with said biocompatible fluid;
replace intercellular fluid within said biological media with said biocompatible fluid; and
reduce light reflection and refraction among intercellular and intracellular components within said biological media to enhance light transmission through said media.
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Abstract
A new process to increase light transmission in biological tissue has been developed. The technique involves temporarily replacing tissue water with a fluid that has a refractive index closer to that of inter/intra cellular components. Subsequently, the amount of index mis-match between these components and the fluid environment is temporarily decreased. This lowers the amount of random reflection and refraction which also reduces light scattering. In addition, the infrared absorption is reduced when the fluid has a lower absorption coefficient than water. Furthermore, this process is reversible; thus creating a transient window to enhance light transmission for therapeutic and/or diagnostic applications.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of reducing light attenuation within biological media, comprising:
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delivering an effective amount of biocompatible fluid within said biological media to;
soak said biological media with said biocompatible fluid;
replace intercellular fluid within said biological media with said biocompatible fluid; and
reduce light reflection and refraction among intercellular and intracellular components within said biological media to enhance light transmission through said media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of reducing light scattering within biological tissue, said method comprising:
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delivering a first biocompatible fluid within said biological tissue;
soaking said biological tissue with said first biocompatible fluid;
replacing intercellular fluid of said biological tissue with said first biocompatible fluid; and
reducing light scattering within said biological tissue by causing the ratio of refractive index of cellular components within the tissue to the refractive index of intercellular fluids to be closer to one than a native state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of reducing light attenuation within biological media, said method comprising:
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providing a replacement fluid having a lower absorption coefficient than water at one or more water absorption peaks; and
delivering an effective amount of said replacement fluid within said biological media to;
soak said biological media with said replacement fluid;
replace intercellular fluid within said biological media with said replacement fluid; and
reduce light absorption within said biological media.
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