Correction of anisotropy coefficient in original henyey greenstein phase function for Monte Carlo Simulations of Light Transport in Tissue

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 59-73

  Zolek, Norbert S ^a   StanisŁaw, Wojtkiewicz ^a   Adam, Liebert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Light transport; Monte carlo; Phase function

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450270738     PISSN: 02085216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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