Monte Carlo simulation of the spatial resolution and depth sensitivity of two-dimensional optical imaging of the brain

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tian, Peifang ^a,b   Devor, Anna ^a,c,d   Sakadi, Sava ^d   Dale, Anders M ^a,c   Boas, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption imaging; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; fluorescence imaging; light absorption; light scattering; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

ABSORPTION; FLUORESCENCE; FOCUSING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; REFRACTION; TISSUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955954747     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3533263     Document Type: Article

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