Fabricating customizable anisotropic phantoms for the assessment of clinical optical technologies

Mentors

Darren Roblyer

Associate Professor, (BME, ECE); Graduate Chair (BME)
Kyle Bohl

Technical Staff, BOTLab

Project Description

Phantoms are used as analogues for tissue when testing and calibrating biomedical optical technologies. Most modern phantoms fail to replicate optical anisotropy found in tissues. As differences in anisotropic properties can be diagnostically relevant, producing phantoms with tunable anisotropy is a valuable unmet need. This project will involve iterative prototyping, testing, validation, and analysis.

Research Goals

Learning Goals

Timeline

Week 1: Review of literature on existing techniques and introduction to available resources.
Week 2: Continue literature review and planning.
Weeks 3-7: Prototyping and testing.
Weeks 8-9: Wrap up prototyping and analysis.
Week 10: Documentation and presentation.