Bezuhlyi M. Ellipsoidal reflectors for biological media photometry

The thesis is devoted to the solution of the important scientifically applied problem of development the construction and application method of ellipsoidal reflectors in the registration and analysis systems of scattered optical radiation, as well as approbation of new structural, functional and biomedical solutions. This made it possible to theoretically and experimentally substantiate the method and hardware of the use the ellipsoidal reflectors for photometry of light scattering by biological media in the detection of their optical properties and identification of physical and physiological state. A fundamental basis for solving this problem is the first-time developed mechanism of ray-tracing, which colligate the parameters of the radiation source, biological media, ellipsoidal reflector and matrix photodetector in the information-measuring system of biomedical photometer, which allows to solve the direct and inverse problems of light propagation by the Monte Carlo statistical simulation. Keywords: biological media, biological tissue, biomedical photometer, ellipsoid of revolution, ellipsoidal reflector, Monte Carlo simulation, optical properties, photometry, photometric image.