Review of Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Caigang ^a   Liu, Quan ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

light transport in tissues; Monte Carlo; numerical simulation; optical spectroscopy; tissue optics

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT TRANSPORT; LIGHT-TISSUE INTERACTION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; TISSUE OPTIC; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SURVEYS;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 84878848914     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.5.050902     Document Type: Review

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