Role of approximate phase functions in Monte Carlo simulation of light propagation in tissues

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-302

  Sharma, S K ^a   Banerjee, Srilekha ^a  

^a S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biomedical tissues; Light propagation; Monte Carlo simulation; Scattering phase functions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DIFFUSE TRANSMITTANCE; PARTICLE TISSUE MODEL; PHASE FUNCTION; SOURCE-DETECTOR SEPARATION;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0038240812     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/3/324     Document Type: Article

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