User-friendly graphical user interface for simulating tissue optical properties and fluence rates: improving students learning in tissue optics
Marcelo Saito Nogueira, Jacqueline Gunther, Katarzyna Komolibus, Stefan Andersson‐Engels
Abstract
Tissue optics education can use several open-source tools available online. Even though these tools can be accessed by a broad student population, education environments, especially during outreach activities, may require more user-friendly and high speed tools that do not require previous programming experience. Then, quick estimators of tissue optical properties based on the tissue chromophore composition and analytical solvers based on diffusion equation can be a more suitable option for short events. In this study, we evaluated students experience during 1.5 hour of computer activities using a tissue-optics computer app. These activities were scheduled during a 7-hour biophotonics workshop given to undergraduate students in 2018 and 2019. Our results suggest the app is user-friendly and suitable for outreach activities. The use of our app may contribute to improve teaching and learning in biomedical optics and biophotonics.