Monte Carlo modeling of multilayer phantoms with multiple fluorophores: Simulation algorithm and experimental validation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Péry, Emilie ^a   Blondel, Walter C P M ^a   Thomas, Cédric ^a   Guillemin, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

experimental validation; fluorescence; light tissue interactions; Monte Carlo simulation; multiple diffusion; phantoms

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MULTILAYERS;

DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; LIGHT-TISSUE INTERACTION; PHANTOMS; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; STATISTICAL SIMULATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 67650296220     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3122368     Document Type: Article

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