Monte Carlo simulation of multiphoton fluorescence microscopic imaging through inhomogeneous tissuelike turbid media

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 440-449

  Deng, Xiaoyuan ^a   Gan, Xiaosong ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image resolution; Photon excitation; Scattering particles; Turbid media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0141756177     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1577116     Document Type: Article

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