Author(s)

Stefan Hartmann¹, Matthias Moschall^1*, Oliver Schäfer², Frank Stüpmann¹, Ulrich Timm¹, David Klinger¹, Jens Kraitl¹, Hartmut Ewald¹

¹Institut für Allgemeine Elektrotechnik, Universitat Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
²Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany.

A method for noninvasive determination of fat and water content in the human body is examined. A spatially resolved spectroscopy method is used which can record low intensity near infrared spectra. This novel approach is compared to other methods for the determination of fat and water content. Monte Carlo simulations of light propagation in tissue are shown and the production and characterization of optical phantoms of adipose tissue are investigated.

Body Fat Percentage, Noninvasive Body Fat Measurement, Spectroscopy, Optical Properties of Tissue, Optical Phantoms, Monte Carlo Simulation

Hartmann, S. , Moschall, M. , Schäfer, O. , Stüpmann, F. , Timm, U. , Klinger, D. , Kraitl, J. and Ewald, H. (2015) Phantom of Human Adipose Tissue and Studies of Light Propagation and Light Absorption for Parameterization and Evaluation of Noninvasive Optical Fat Measuring Devices. Optics and Photonics Journal, 5, 33-67. doi: 10.4236/opj.2015.52005.