Analysis of the spatial distribution of polarized light backscattered from layered scattering media

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-320

  Stockford, I M ^a   Morgan, Steve P ^a   Chang, P C Y ^a   Walker, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Layer thickness; Mie scattering; Monte Carlo; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

LAYERED SCATTERING MEDIA;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BURN; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPHYSICS; BURNS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036629485     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1483316     Document Type: Article

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