A tetrahedron-based inhomogeneous Monte Carlo optical simulator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-962

  Shen, H ^a   Wang, G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO PHOTONICS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO PROGRAMS; MULTI-LAYERED; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SIMULATORS; TURBID MEDIA;

COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; TURBIDITY;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; OPTICS; PHOTON;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS;

EID: 76149133146     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/4/003     Document Type: Article

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