Abstract
We described a method for the preparation of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) phantoms to mimic the optical properties of biologic tissues at distinct wavelengths ranging from the visible to the near-infrared spectra. The present method for fabricating solid optical tissue phantoms using zinc-phthalocyanine chromophores has demonstrated high photostability with optical absorption coefficients up to , making this phantom proper with absorption bands ranging from 600 to 850 nm. It also happens that the chromophore absorption coefficient is linear as a function of its concentration inside the previous optical window. The optical scattering properties were quantitatively selected by adding particle concentrations to the PDMS phantom. Thus, the quantitative optical properties of absorption and scattering for a large-batch fabrication were demonstrated, making the zinc-phthalocyanine phantoms suitable for use as a reference standard.
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