Collection efficiency of a single optical fiber in turbid media

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3187-3197

  Bargo, Paulo R ^a,b   Prahl, Scott A ^a,b   Jacques, Steven L ^a,b  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTERING; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

NUMERICAL APERTURE (NA);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0038209510     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003187     Document Type: Article

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