We present a diffuse optical spectroscopic (DOS) approach that provides quantitative optical biomarkers of skin response to radiation. We describe DOS instrumentation design, optical parameters extraction algorithms and the animal handling procedures required to yield representative data from a pre-clinical mouse model of radiation induced erythema.
Chin, L., Korpela, E., Kim, A., Yohan, D., Niu, C., Wilson, B. C., Liu, S. K. Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy for the Quantitative Assessment of Acute Ionizing Radiation Induced Skin Toxicity Using a Mouse Model. J. Vis. Exp. (111), e53573, doi:10.3791/53573 (2016).