Light diffusion in N-layered turbid media: Frequency and time domains

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Liemert, André ^a   Kienle, Alwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Layered turbid media; Light propagation; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE AND FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REDUCED SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-RESOLVED; TURBID MEDIA; TURBID MEDIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBIDITY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77952053614     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3368682     Document Type: Article

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