Analysis of skin tissues spatial fluorescence distribution by the Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1722-1728

  Churmakov, D Y ^a   Meglinski, I V ^a   Piletsky, S A ^a   Greenhalgh, D A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SKIN; TISSUE;

FLUOROPHORES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042198936     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/14/311     Document Type: Article

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