Light action spectra over wavelengths of 300–1000 nm are calculated for components of the human cutaneous covering: melanin, basal (bloodless) tissue, and blood oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin. The transformation of the spectra with depth in biological tissue results from two factors. The first is the wavelength dependence of the absorption coefficient corresponding to a particular skin chromophore and the second is the spectral selectivity of the radiation flux in biological tissue. This factor is related to the optical properties of all chromophores. A significant change is found to take place in the spectral distribution of absorbed radiant power with increasing depth. The action spectrum of light for the molecular oxygen contained in all components of biological tissue is also studied in the 625–645 nm range. The spectra are found to change with both the volume fraction of blood vessels and the degree of oxygenation of the blood. These results are useful for analyzing processes associated with optical absorption that are possible mechanisms for the interaction of light with biological tissues: photodissociation of oxyhemoglobin and the light-oxygen effect.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 82–88, January–February, 2010.
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Barun, V.V., Ivanov, A.P. Depth distributions of light action spectra for skin chromophores. J Appl Spectrosc 77, 73–79 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-010-9295-7
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