Monte Carlo simulations in complex geometries: Modeling laser light transport in real anatomy of rheumatoid arthritis

Laser Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 796-803

  Henniger, J ^a   Minet, O ^b   Dang, H T ^a   Beuthan, J ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037803481     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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