时间分辨反射确定生物组织光学性质的方法研究

通过考虑吸收系数对漫射常数的影响,改进了时间分辨反射中两点测量生物组织光学性质的方法,对约化散射系数与吸收系数之比较小的生物组织进行了模型测量,结果表明此种不仅减小了测量的系统误差,而且扩展了两点测量法的应用范围。同时也较为详细地讨论了有效时间的选择和光源与探测点间的距离对测量结果的影响。     

一种微距测量组织光学参数的方法

测量生物组织的光学参数是近红外光学检测(NIR)的主要任务之一,然而常规的近红外光学检测由于受扩散近似的限制,测量的距离一般大于2cm-3cm。本文从提高近红外光学检测空间分辨率的角度,设计了一种可用于测量生物组织局部、浅表光学参数的方法。通过使用光纤探针,实现了在微小光源-探测器间距时(＜1mm)测量组织光学参数。模型实验的结果表明该方法可反映生物组织中吸收系数及散射系数的变化率。     

采用不同的光传输模型比较研究结肠的散射和吸收特性:离体结肠肿瘤的光学诊断

测定和比较研究了离体的正常的和腺癌的人结肠粘膜/粘膜下层以及正常的和腺癌的人结肠肌层/浆膜组织对630 nm,680 nm,720 nm,780 nm,810 nm,850 nm和890 nm波长的钛宝石激光的散射和吸收系数。采用双积分球测量系统测量组织样品对七个不同波长的激光的准直透射、漫反射和漫透射,从实验所测结果以及分别采用反向倍增法和反演蒙特卡罗技术这两个光学模型计算出组织的散射和吸收系数。研究结果表明,无论是用反向倍增法还是用反演蒙特卡罗法,每一种类型的正常的和腺癌的人结肠组织对同一波长的激光的吸收系数和散射系数有显著性的差异(P<0.01),正常的和腺癌的结肠组织的散射和吸收系数有大的差异,这些结果提示每种类型的正常和腺癌的结肠组织的组份和结构之间有大的差异。四种类型的结肠组织对七个不同波长的激光的散射系数较其吸收系数至少要大三个数量级,而四种类型的结肠组织对七个不同波长的激光的散射系数有相同的数量级。     

欧姆龙开发出血管硬化微型探测器

日本欧姆龙公司日前宣布开发出可以在手腕上测出血管硬化程度的微型探测器。 欧姆龙开发出的这种探测器可以缠绕在手腕上测量动脉血管中的压力变化。通常，心脏向外输出血液，血压到达血管前端的时候会“反射”回来，但如果动脉失去弹性，血管硬化，那么血压的“反射量”就会增大。探测器就是通过测量两个压力之间的差值来判定血管硬化的程度。     

两点法测量组织光学特性中有效时间的选择

在改进两点法的基础上,对不同约化散射系数与吸收系数之比（μｓ’／μａ）的生物组织进行了模拟测量。结果表明有效时间决定于生物组织的光学特性和探测位置,μｓ’／μａ值一定时,有效时间随光源和探测点间的距离增大而增大;光源和探测点的距离一定是,有效时间随μｓ’／μａ值的减小而增大,反之亦然。     

采用遥感手段估算海洋初级生产力研究进展

海洋初级生产力的精确估算对渔业资源评估与管理、海洋生态系统和全球变化等研究具有重要意义.传统的现场测量与估算方法必须依赖于随船采样数据.卫星遥感具有能够获取实时的、大尺度的、动态的海洋环境参数的优点,因此卫星遥感日益成为大尺度海洋初级生产力估算的重要手段.本文从海洋水色传感器的发展历程出发,着重归纳了以叶绿素、浮游植物碳和浮游植物吸收系数为参量的海洋初级生产力的遥感估算方法,并就这3类模型的适应性和复杂程度进行了讨论.在此基础上,进一步分析评价了全球海洋初级生产力遥感估算的研究现状.鉴于当前海洋初级生产力遥感估算研究中存在的问题,今后的研究需要在4个方面进一步加强:1)对全球海洋初级生产力估算进行分区域研究;2)加深对浮游植物吸收系数的研究;3)提高海洋遥感技术水平;4)加强实地测量技术的研究.     

热作用致良性前列腺增生组织对KTP/Nd:YAG激光的吸收和散射特性变化

研究了热作用下的良性前列腺增生(BPH)组织对532 nm的KTP和1064 nm的Nd:YAG激光的吸收和散射特性的变化及其差异,实验采用双积分球测量系统以及反向倍增法获取BPH组织的吸收和散射特性。结果表明:热作用下的BPH组织对532 nm和1064 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数都是随着加热温度的变化而变化的,在20℃到80℃的温度范围内,BPH组织对532 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数都分别显著地较其对1064 nm的吸收系数和约化散射系数要大,其对532 nm和1064 nm的吸收系数的最大值都在20℃,其值分别为1.663 mm-1和0.127 mm-1,最小值分别在50℃和70℃,其值分别为0.864 mm-1和0.034 mm-1,其对532 nm和1064 nm的吸收系数的最大差异在70℃,其值为2647%,其对532 nm和1064 nm的约化散射系数的最大值都在80℃,其值分别为2.036 mm-1和1.421 mm-1,最小值分别在50℃和70℃,其值分别为1.499 mm-1和0.246 mm-1,其对532 nm和1064 nm的约化散射系数的最大差异在70℃,其值为555%,在70℃的热作用下BPH组织达到完全热凝固,其对532 nm和1064 nm的吸收和散射特性的差异达到最大值。     

微型血管探测器

英国伦敦一研究机构研制一种微型血管探测器,用以拍摄血管内部图像,为心血管手术提供有力的工具。 微型血管探测器长0.9毫米,形同子弹头,前部与一导管相连,由导管将其引入血管内部,探测器的中部安有64个特殊晶体以发出和接收超声波。晶体后面为4个微型芯片,以收集超声波数据。探测器后部也与导管相连,该导管内设有14条信号传输线,将超声波探测数据传回人体外部的计算机中,计算机根据这些数据绘制出血管内部的图像。     

微囊藻和栅列藻光吸收特性的实验研究

在室内模拟槽中,以人工灯为光源,分别检测不同密度的微囊藻和栅列藻细胞悬液的光谱衰减,检测各样品的叶绿素含量和过滤后清液的溶解性有机碳(DOC)含量,并在紫外分光光度计上检测DOC光谱吸收,然后换算成吸收系数。再根据近似的线性加和关系计算出细胞悬液中各组分(藻细胞、水、DOC)的吸收系数。结果表明,微囊藻和栅列藻光衰减的波谱特征相似,在3个较高密度下的衰减系数的变化趋势相近,其衰减系数贡献率的平均值分别为84.95%和88.15%。将衰减系数除以各自的叶绿素浓度即可得到叶绿素的比吸收系数,两种藻3个较高密度的比吸收系数的平均值具有相似的波谱特征,在380～500、660～690nm两个波段有较明显的峰值,栅列藻和微囊藻在435nm的比吸收系数峰值分别为0.1118、0.0413(m2·mg-1chla),在670nm处的峰值分别为0.075、0.032(m2·mg-1chla)。但两者的比吸收系数差异较大,三个密度栅列藻在340～800nm的平均比吸收系数是0.0573(m2·mg-1chla),而微囊藻仅为0.0234(m2·mg-1chla),且微囊藻的所有波长的比吸收系数均小于栅列藻。根据这些参数来讨论两种藻类在分光衰减中的贡献率和光谱特征方面的差异及其生态学意义,以及在浮游植物的遥感监测方面的参考价值。     

Kubelka—Munk模型下的兔血管对He—Cd激光的散射与吸收特性

测量了兔动脉和静脉夺He-Cd激光的反射和透射传输特性。实验采用两积分球系统及波长为441.6nm的He-Cd激光器,并根据测量数据及采用Kubelka-Munk模型分析和计算了兔动脉和静脉组织对该波长激光的吸收系统、散射系数及总的光强I（x）及前向散射通量i(x)和后向散射通量j(x）随厚度的变化情况。结果表明,兔动脉和静脉的温反射率和透射率有明显差别,而且,动脉对激光的吸收系数明显较静脉的要小,耐动脉对激光的散射系数却明显较静脉的要大,在动脉和静脉组织中总的光强I(x)及前向散射通量i(x)和后向散射通量j(x)随厚度的变化情况也有明显的区别。     

Spectrophotometric determination of the protein concentration in solutions

The spectrophotometric methods for determination of protein concentration in solution are analysed. According to the given data it has been concluded that the method based on the measurement of difference in light absorption by protein solution at 235 and 280 nm is more accurate as compared with the method of absorption determination at 260 and 280 nm. The linear regression coefficient is used in calculation.     

Picosecond relaxations in model substances for proteins: A millimeter-wave investigation on crystalline alkyl amides

The dielectric absorption at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies (50–150 GHz) of N-methylacetamide (NMA), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DiNMA), and N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DiNMAcry) is measured. Measurements are performed using the oversized-cavity technique in the temperature range from liquid helium to room temperature. Additionally, a mm-wave interferometeric measurement at room temperature is made. NMA and DiNMAcry exhibit monotonic increases of the absorption coefficient with temperature as well as with frequency. For DiNMA a monotonic increase of the absorption coefficient with frequency is also found, while the absorption coefficient as a function of temperature shows a pronounced maximum at approximately 30 K. At this maximum the absorption coefficient of DiNMA exceeds those of NMA and DiNMAcry by about two orders of magnitude. The dielectric behavior of the three substances can be described by relaxation processes in asymmetric double-well potentials. For the low-temperature relaxation in DiNMA the double well could be established by two possible positions of the molecule in the crystal that are separated by a rotational movement. Hydrogen bonds and long side chains may hinder these relaxational movements in NMA and DiNMAcry, respectively, and thereby account for their comparatively lower absorption. The results are compared with similar results recently obtained on proteins and synthetic biopolymers.     

Kinetic study of denaturation and subsequent reduction of disulfide bonds of lysozyme by the rapid ultrasonic absorption measurement

A New technique for the rapid measurement of ultrasonic absorption with a sampling interval of 5 msec has been developed and applied to the kinetic study of denaturation and subsequant redution of hen egg-white lysozyme. The lysozyme is denatured by guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) orLiBr, and afetr denaturation by GuHCl, its disulfide bonds are reduced by dithiothreitol (DTT). The ultrasonic adsorption coefficient at 9 MHz increases with denaturation but decreases with reduction. The rate constant of denaturation by GuHCl obtained from the rime variance of ultasonic agrees well with that from uv absorption and optical rotation. The time variance if absorption after GuHCl and Dtt have been simultaneously added exhibits two rate constants. Analysis of the constants as functions of regeant concentrations indicates that the intermediates state between native and reduced states is not necessarily the completely denatured state but depends on the concentartions of GuHCl and DTT.     

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption characteristics in relation to fluorescence in Lake Taihu,China, a large shallow subtropical lake

Absorption measurements from chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and their relationships with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and fluorescence were studied in Lake Taihu, a large, shallow, subtropical lake in China. Absorption spectra of lake water samples were measured from 240 nm to 800 nm. Highest values of a(λ), DOC and F _n (355) occurred near the river inflow to Meiliang Bay and decreased towards the central lake basin. A significant spatial difference was found between Meiliang Bay and the central lake basin in absorption coefficient, DOC-specific absorption coefficient, exponential slope coefficient, DOC concentration and fluorescence value. The spatial distribution of CDOM suggested that a major part of CDOM in the lake was from river input. CDOM absorption coefficients were correlated with DOC over the wavelength range 280–500 nm, and a(355) was also correlated with F _n (355), which showed that CDOM absorption could be inferred from DOC and fluorescence measurement. The coefficient of variation between a(λ) and DOC concentration decreased with increase in wavelength from 240 nm to 800 nm. Furthermore, a significant negative linear relationship was recorded between S value and CDOM absorption coefficient, as well as DOC-specific absorption coefficient. S value and DOC-specific absorption coefficient were used as a proxy for CDOM composition and source. Accurate CDOM absorption measurements are very useful in explaining UV attenuation and in developing, validating remote sensing model of water quality in Lake Taihu.     

New spectrophotometric method for continuous recording of the spleen exonuclease activity

Some of the synthetic chromophoric substrates of various enzymes cannot be used for direct spectrophotometric recording of the reactions, when a difference between the pH optimum of the enzyme reaction and the pH of maximum absorption of the released chromophore exists. In the present paper we describe a new method for following the time course of the spleen exonuclease-catalyzed reaction with thymidine 3'-monophospho-p-nitrophenyl ester as a substrate, based on the difference obtained in the absorbency of the substrate and its products in the far UV (at 330 nm). This difference, not published before, permits direct spectrophotometric recording of the amount of the hydrolyzed chromophoric substrate in acidic pH, whereas the maximum absorption of the product as accepted in the literature, is in alkaline pH. The molar absorption coefficient of the measurement at pH 5.7 is determined to be epsilon = 522 M-1.mm-1.     

An improved spectrophotometric assay for prostaglandin synthetase based on the oxidation of epinephrine

The spectrophotometric assay method for prostaglandin synthetase from Takeguchi and Sih (1) was improved by monitoring the absorption change at 320 nm instead of at 480 nm during the enzymatic synthesis. The measurement at 320 nm is more sensitive and more consistent than the A₄₈₀ measurement. The improvement resulting from the measurement at 320 nm is attributed to a combination of factors, including a higher extinction coefficient, a more inclusive measurement of other epinephrine oxidative product(s) and lower interference due to the product of the further oxidation of adrenochrome. The validity of this spectrophotometric method was also verified in this report.     

The effect of hydration on the UV absorption coefficient of intact melanosomes

The physical properties of melanosomes have been shown to depend on water content. Herein, the ultraviolet absorption coefficient at λ = 244 nm for intact bovine choroidal melanosomes is determined from photoemission electron microscopy images recorded as a function of vacuum exposure. The dehydration of the melanosome under ultra-high vacuum manifests itself by a decrease in the absorption coefficient to about 60% of its initial value, and a concomitant increase in its image brightness. This change in the absorption of the melanosome is consistent with the influence of solvent polarity on the UV absorption coefficient of model systems for the pigment eumelanin, the predominant UV absorber contained in the choroid melanosomes.     

Use of the true absorption coefficient as a measure of bioavailability of radiocaesium in ruminants

Limitations of existing methods to describe the bioavailability of dietary radionuclides to ruminants (the transfer coefficient and apparent absorption coefficient) have led to the alternative suggestion of using the true absorption coefficient (A _t). Various approaches to estimatingA _t for radiocaesium, involving the intravenous administration of a second isotope, are presented and discussed with reference to results from studies in which a range of radiocaesium sources were examined in sheep. Although estimates ofA _t differed between the sources, they were reasonably consistent between measurement techniques. Those methods which involved the estimation of endogenous faecal excretion of radiocaesium could be used with previously contaminated animals and did not require continuous administrations of radiocaesium isotopes, but gave unreliable results for sources of low bioavailability. Methods based on estimating the turnover rate of dietary radiocaesium through blood plasma were sufficiently sensitive to measureA _t for the range of sources studied. However, they require previously uncontaminated animals and continuous administration of both isotopes for approximately 7 days. Bioavailability is more effectively measured asA _t than as the transfer or apparent absorption coefficients sinceA _t does not incorporate factors relating to the metabolism of radiocaesium in the tissues of the animal. The results of these studies show that differences in transfer coefficients between sheep and cattle and between sheep of differing ages are not due to variation in absorption across the gut. The potential for applying these approaches to other radioactive elements is discussed.