Comparing finite difference time domain and Monte Carlo modeling of human skin interaction with terahertz radiation

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6854, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ibey, Bennett L ^a   Payne, Jason A ^a   Mixon, Dustin G ^a   Thomas, Robert J ^a   Roach, William P ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Monte Carlo; Pennes bioheat equation; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; DERMAL TISSUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC IRRADIATION (EMI); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD-3D); HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN TISSUES; INFRARED (IR); MONTE CARLO (MC); MONTE CARLO MODELING; MULTILAYER (ML); ONE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; POWER INTENSITY; SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ (THZ) RADIATION; TERAHERTZ REGION; TISSUE INTERACTIONS; TISSUE PHANTOMS; TISSUE SURFACES;

ABSORPTION; ADDITION REACTIONS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEATING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN REACTION TIME; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PIGMENTS; RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

TISSUE;

EID: 42149100561     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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