Monte Carlo analysis of two-photon fluorescence imaging through a scattering medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 34, 1998, Pages 8092-8102

  Blanca, Carlo Mars ^a   Saloma, Caesar ^a  

^a University of the Philippines ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING MEDIA; CONFOCAL REFLECTION IMAGING; GAUSSIAN BEAM; GAUSSIAN OPTICS; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING MEDIA; TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

MICROSCOPES;

EID: 0032364759     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008092     Document Type: Article

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