Modified Monte Carlo simulation of multi-dimensional photon distribution for microscopic imaging

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Gan, X ^a   Gu, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SIMULATION;

MICROSCOPIC IMAGING; PHOTON MIGRATION; ULTRASHORT PULSED BEAM;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0031638678     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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