Three Monte Carlo programs of polarized light transport into scattering media: Part I

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4420-4438

  Ramella Roman, Jessica C ^a   Prahl, Scott A ^b   Jacques, Steve L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Medical Leaser Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

MONTE CARLO PROGRAMS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; POLARIZED LIGHT TRANSPORT; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 22744448189     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004420     Document Type: Article

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