Analysis of dense-medium light scattering with applications to corneal tissue: Experiments and Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-21

  Kim, K B ^a   Shanyfelt, L M ^a   Hahn, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

CORNEAL TISSUE; DENSE-MEDIUM LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE SCATTERING THEORY; TWO-COLOR SCATTERING RESPONSE RATIOS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINOSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINOSCOPY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 31344435850     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000009     Document Type: Article

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