Efficient determination of the epidermal optical properties using a diffusion model-based approach: Monte Carlo studies

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Tseng, Sheng Hao ^a   Hou, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; photon migration; tissue optics

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION MODEL; ILLUMINATION GEOMETRY; IN-VIVO; MODEL BASED APPROACH; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO STUDY; ORIGINAL DESIGN; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHOTON MIGRATION; PLANAR SOURCES; PROBE GEOMETRY; REAL TIME; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SEMI-INFINITE DIFFUSION; SIMULATION RESULT; TISSUE OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE OPTICS; TWO LAYERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBES; TISSUE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; DIFFUSION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DERMIS; DIFFUSION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961095538     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3609821     Document Type: Article

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