Natural Phenomena Simulation Group

University of Waterloo

 

 


Human Blood

 
 
 
 
  • The molar extinction coefficient of carboxyhemoglobin in [cm-1/(mol/L)] (450 - 650nm) with a resolution of 5nm:

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    Original data source:
    O. Siggaard-Andersen, B. Norgaard-Pedersen, J. Rem. Hemoglobin pigments spectrophotometric determination of oxy-, carboxy-, met-, and sulfhemoglobin in capillary blood. Clinica Chimica Acta, 72(1), 85-100, 1972
 
 
  • The molar extinction coefficient of methemoglobin in [cm-1/(mol/L)] (450 - 700nm) with a resolution of 5nm:

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    Original data source:
    L. Randeberg, J. Bonesronning, M. Dalaker, J. Nelson, L. Svaasand, Methemoglobin formation during laser induced photothermolysis of vascular skin lesions. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 34 (2004), 414-419.
 
 
  • The molar extinction coefficient of sulfhemoglobin in [cm-1/(mol/L)] (450 - 750nm) with a resolution of 5nm:

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    Original data source:
    I. H. Yarynovska and A.I. Bilyi. Absorption spectra of sulfhemoglobin derivatives of human blood. In G.L. Cote and A.V. Priezzhev, editors, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing VI - SPIE, 6094:1-6, 2006.
 
 
  • The effective absorption coefficient of plasma in [μm-1] (350 - 1000nm) with a resolution of 5nm:

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    Original data source:
    M. Meinke, G. Müller, M. Friebel, and J. Helfmann. Optical properties of platelets and blood plasma and their inuence on the optical behavior of whole blood in the visible to near infrared wavelength range. J. Biomed. Opt., 12(1):014024-1-014024-9, 2007.
 
 
  • The specific absorption coefficient of water in [μm-1] (380 - 1000nm) with a resolution of 5nm:

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    Original data source:
    K.F. Palmer and D. Williams. Optical properties of water in the near infrared. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 64:1107-1110, August 1974.
 
 
  • The refractive index of hemoglobin solution with concentration of 330g/L with a resolution of 5nm.

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    Original data source:
    M. Friebel, M. Meinke. Model function to calculate the refractive index of native hemoglobin in the wavelength range of 250-1100nm dependent on concentration. J. Biomed. Opt. 11, 3 (2006), 034021-1-034021-10.

 
 
  • The refractive index of plasma, assuming 4.6g/dL of albumin, 2.6g/dL of globulin, and 0.38g/dL of fibrinogen for 250-1000nm with a resolution of 5nm.

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    Original data source:
    Specific refraction increment of plasma proteins:
    • G.S. Adair and M.E. Robinson. The specific refraction increments of serum-albumin and serum-globulin. Biochem. J., 24(4):993-1011, 1930.

    • J. Voros. The density and refractive index of adsorbing protein layers. Biophysical Journal, 87:553-561, 2004.


 
 
  • The refractive index (real part) of fused silica (300-1000nm). This is the material that we used for the glass cuvette considered in our simulations involving light interactions with human blood.

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    Original data source:
    W.J. Tropf and M.E. Thomas, "Properties of Crystals and Glasses" (Table 24, fused silica) in Handbook of Optics (Volume IV: Optical Propertis of Materials, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics), M. Bass, C.M. DeCusatis, V. Lakshminarayanan, G. Li, C. MacDonald, V.N. Mahajan and E.V. Stryland, eds., pp. 2:1-93, Optical Society of America, McGraw-Hill, Inc., (New York), 2010. Chapter 2.
 
 
  • The refractive index of water:

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    Original data source:
    K.F. Palmer and D. Williams. Optical properties of water in the near infrared. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 64:1107-1110, August 1974.
 
 


 
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