Optical Properties of Bovine Ocular Tissues in the Near Infrared Region

Optical properties of bovine ocular tissues have been determined in the near infrared region. The indices of refraction ($n)$ of these ocular tissues were measured with a Michelson interferometer. The total diffuse reflectance ($R_{d})$, total diffuse transmittance ($T_{d})$, and collimated transmittance ($T_{c})$ on the individual tissues have been measured using a double-integrating sphere setup. The inverse adding doubling (IAD) method based on the diffusion approximation and radiative transport theory is applied to the measured values of $n$, $R_{d}$, $T_{d}$, and $T_{c}$ to calculate the optical absorption and scattering coefficients as well as the scattering anisotropy of bovine ocular tissues.