Monte Carlo method for simulating optical coherence tomography signal in homogeneous turbid media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7022, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Fengsheng ^a   Kinnunen, Matti ^b   Popov, Alexey ^b   Myllylä, Risto ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intralipid ; Light scattering; Monte Carlo simulation; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; COHERENT LIGHT; CRACK PROPAGATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FOCUSING; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASERS; MAGNETISM; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; PILES; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FOCAL PLANES; FOCUSING PLANE; FORWARD-SCATTERING; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING METHOD; INTRALIPID; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL APERTURE; NUMERICAL RANGES; OCT IMAGING; OCT SIGNALS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL-; PHOTON PROPAGATION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SIMULATED RESULTS; TURBID MEDIUM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 50249150146     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.804101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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