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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45303-z
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In this study, we systematically evaluated and re-analyzed the key factors influencing the precision of LSCI, using simulation, theory, and animal experiments. The results show that smaller speckle size and shorter exposure time can improve the precision, while the camera choice does not significantly affect the signal-to-noise ratio.
Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) is a rapidly developing technology broadly applied for the full-field characterization of tissue perfusion. Over the recent years, significant advancements have been made in interpreting LSCI measurements and improving the technique's accuracy. On the other hand, the method's precision has yet to be studied in detail, despite being as important as accuracy for many biomedical applications. Here we combine simulation, theory and animal experiments to systematically evaluate and re-analyze the role of key factors defining LSCI precision-speckle-to-pixel size ratio, polarisation, exposure time and camera-related noise. We show that contrary to the established assumptions, smaller speckle size and shorter exposure time can improve the precision, while the camera choice is less critical and does not affect the signal-to-noise ratio significantly.
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