Fast semianalytical Monte Carlo simulation for time-resolved light propagation in turbid media

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1903-1915

  Tinet, Eric ^a   Avrillier, Sigrid ^a   Tualle, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Radiative transfer; Space resolved; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000699207     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001903     Document Type: Article

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