Multi-channel photon migration study in visible Chinese human muscle for optical detection of deep vein thrombosis

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) always induced venous thrombosis. Most cases of venous thrombosis were induced by deep vein thrombosis (DVT), with high incidence rate of >60% in >60 years old people. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) were reported recently to be an intriguing and potential technique in detecting DVT in clinics. However, the photon transport is still unclear, which is crucial for the image reconstruction of the updated development called as NIRS-based DVT imager. Here we employed the Monte Carlo simulation software for 3D voxelized media (MCVM) and the Visible Chinese Human (VCH) model, which segmentation is finest in the world, to simulate multi-channel photon migration in calf muscle. And the image reconstruction of DVT hemodynamic distribution was achieved. This study, for the first time, provides the most realistic 3-D multichannel photon migration for NIRS study on DVT, and explored the image reconstruction for furtherly developing a NIRS-based DVT imager.