Blood refractive index modelling in the visible and near infrared spectral regions

Ekaterina N. Lazareva; Valery V. Tuchin

doi:10.18287/JBPE18.04.010503

Authors

Ekaterina N. Lazareva Research Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University), Russia Center for Functionalized Magnetic Materials (FunMagMa), Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University (National Research University), Russia
Valery V. Tuchin Research Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University), Russia Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia Samara National Research University, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18287/JBPE18.04.010503

Keywords:

refractive index, blood, blood components, blood dispersion, visible/NIR wavelengths, Sellmeier formula

Abstract

We present the calculation of blood refractive index based on the experi-mental data for the real part of the refractive index of the main protein components, haemoglobin and albumin. The refractive index of blood proteins was measured using the multi-wavelength Abbe refractometer at the wavelengths 480, 486, 546, 589, 644, 656, 680, 930, 1100, 1300, and 1550 nm at room temperature +24°С.

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