Elastic scattering and light transport in three-dimensional collagen gel constructs: A mathematical model and computer simulation approach

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-89

  Caria, Andrea ^a   Bixio, Luca ^b   Kostyuk, Oksana ^c   Brown, Robert A ^c   Ruggiero, Carmelina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic scattering; Index of refraction; Light transport; Mathematical model; Scattering coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; MULTILAYERED TISSUES; SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GEL; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942652932     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2004.828210     Document Type: Article

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