Accelerated Monte Carlo method for computation of photon migration by matrix description of photon direction

Optica Applicata

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 977-983

  Pluciński, Jerzy ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Highly scattering materials; Monte Carlo method; Photon migration

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTONS; PIPELINES;

CALCULATION TIME; FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTION; FLOATING POINT UNITS; HIGHLY SCATTERING MATERIALS; PHOTON MIGRATION; SCATTERING EVENTS; SCATTERING MEDIA; SQUARE-ROOT OPERATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 35948979237     PISSN: 00785466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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