Three dimensional Monte Carlo code for photon migration through complex heterogeneous media including the adult human head

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-170

  Boas, D A ^a   Culver, J P ^a   Stott, J J ^a   Dunn, A K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE;

HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHOTON DIFFUSION EQUATION; PHOTON MIGRATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0000945932     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000159     Document Type: Article

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