A Diffusion Theory Model of Spatially Resolved, Steady-State Diffuse Reflectance for the Noninvasive Determination of Tissue Optical Properties in Vivo

Medical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 879-888

  Farrell, Thomas J ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a   Wilson, Brian ^a  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

diffuse reflectance; diffusion theory. optical properties; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; THEORY;

DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0026739557     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596777     Document Type: Article

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