Monte Carlo simulation of an optical coherence tomography signal in homogeneous turbid media

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2307-2320

  Yao, Gang ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032830626     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/9/316     Document Type: Article

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