MCVM: Monte Carlo modeling of photon migration in voxelized media

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-102

  Li, Ting ^a   Gong, Hui ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

light transport; Monte Carlo; photon migration; tissue optics; voxel

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO; PHOTON MIGRATION; TISSUE OPTICS; VOXEL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SPHERES; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79953801991     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545810000927     Document Type: Article

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