Propagation of polarized light in turbid media: Simulated animation sequences

Optics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 198-203

  Yao, Gang ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBIDITY; VECTORS;

MIE THEORY; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PHOTON MIGRATION; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0002943912     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.7.000198     Document Type: Article

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