Simple subtraction method for determining the mean path length traveled by photons in turbid media

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 700-704

  Zhang, Hedong ^a,b   Miwa, Mitsuharu ^a   Urakami, Tsuneyuki ^a   Yamashita, Yutaka ^a   Tsuchiya, Yutaka ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Center of gravity; Impulse response of a medium; Instrumental function; Mean path length; Mean time delay; Photon migration; Profile of re emission

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS;

MEAN PATH LENGTH; PHOTON MIGRATION; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031999484     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.37.700     Document Type: Article

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