An improved Monte Carlo diffusion hybrid model for light reflectance by turbid media

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5905-5918

  Luo, Bin ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION (DA); DIFFUSION MODELS; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 34248531506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005905     Document Type: Article

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