Determination of g and μ using multiply scattered light in turbid media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Menon, S ^a   Su, Q ^a   Grobe, R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; QUASIBALLISTIC LIGHT; TIME DEPENDENT SIMULATION; TURBID MEDIA;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TURBIDITY;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 18144390623     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.153904     Document Type: Article

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