Measurements of the optical coefficients of the protoporphyrin IX endogenously producing yeast-based model in the visible and NIR

Jaroslava Joniová; Veronika Kažiková; Emmanuel Gerelli; Gregor Bánó; Georges Wagnières

doi:10.1117/1.JBO.23.7.075001

6 July 2018 Measurements of the optical coefficients of the protoporphyrin IX endogenously producing yeast-based model in the visible and NIR

Jaroslava Joniová, Veronika Kažiková, Emmanuel Gerelli, Gregor Bánó, Georges Wagnières

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 7, 075001 (July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.7.075001

Abstract

Models mimicking the endogenous production of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), as well as its fluorescence, are of high interest for applied and fundamental studies in the fields of cancer detection by fluorescence imaging, photodynamic therapy (PDT), and photobiomodulation (PBM). Here, we present and describe optical properties of the yeast-based models able to produce PpIX endogenously after the administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and/or 2,2’-bipyridyl. As their optical properties have an important impact on the spatial distribution of the fluence rate in these liquid models, their absorption and reduced scattering coefficients were determined to be between 400 and 808 nm for two yeast solutions previously described by our group. These coefficients were derived from measurements of the total reflectance and light penetration depth using a dedicated Monte Carlo simulation. We observed that absorption and scattering coefficients were smaller than those of soft tissues at all wavelengths. This work will enable the production of a low-cost optical phantom loaded with appropriate amounts of light-absorbing and -scattering particles to mimic tumors containing PpIX, offering a useful tool to optimize the spectral and radiometric design of certain cancer photodetection setups.

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Jaroslava Joniová, Veronika Kažiková, Emmanuel Gerelli, Gregor Bánó, and Georges Wagnières "Measurements of the optical coefficients of the protoporphyrin IX endogenously producing yeast-based model in the visible and NIR," Journal of Biomedical Optics 23(7), 075001 (6 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.7.075001

Received: 5 March 2018; Accepted: 13 June 2018; Published: 6 July 2018

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