Accelerated Monte Carlo models to simulate fluorescence spectra from layered tissues

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 714-727

  Swartling, Johannes ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^b   Enejder, Annika M K ^c   Andersson Engels, Stefan ^a  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0038476166     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000714     Document Type: Article

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