In vivo spectroscopic evaluation of human tissue optical properties and hemodynamics during HPPH-mediated photodynamic therapy of pleural malignancies

SIGNIFICANCE: Dosimetry for photodynamic therapy is dependent on multiple parameters. Critically, in vivo tissue optical properties and hemodynamics must be determined carefully to calculate the total delivered light dose. AIM: Spectroscopic analysis of diffuse reflectance measurements of tissues taken during a clinical trial of 2-(1-hexyloxyethyl)-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a-mediated photodynamic therapy for pleural malignancies. APPROACH: Diffuse reflectance measurements were taken immediately before and after photodynamic therapy. Measurements were analyzed with a nonlinearly constrained multiwavelength, multi-distance algorithm to extract tissue optical properties, tissue oxygen saturation, [Formula: see text] , and total hemoglobin concentration (THC). RESULTS: A total of 25 patients were measured, 23 of which produced reliable fits for optical property extraction. For all tissue types, [Formula: see text] ranged through [24, 100]% and [22, 97]% for pre-photodynamic therapy (PDT) and post-PDT conditions, respectively. Mean THC ranged through [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] , for pre-PDT and post-PDT, respectively. Absorption coefficients, [Formula: see text] , ranged through [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for pre-PDT and post-PDT conditions, respectively. Reduced scattering coefficients, [Formula: see text] , ranged through [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for pre-PDT and post-PDT conditions, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: There were similar pre- and post-PDT tissue optical properties and hemodynamics. The high variability in each parameter for all tissue types emphasizes the importance of these measurements for accurate PDT dosimetry.