Computational model to evaluate port wine stain depth profiling using pulsed photothermal radiometry

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-307

  Choi, Bernard ^a   Majaron, Boris ^a,b   Nelson, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Differential approach; Finite difference; Infrared temperature measurements; Inverse problem; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PORT-WINE STAIN; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL THERMAL MODEL; PORT WINE STAIN SKIN; PULSED PHOTOTHERMAL RADIOMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2442654329     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1646173     Document Type: Article

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