Accuracy of the diffusion approximation in determining the optical properties of a two-layer turbid medium

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 11-14

  Alexandrakis, George ^a   Farrell, Thomas J ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

(290.1990) diffusion; frequency domain; Monte Carlo simulations; two layer turbid medium

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TURBIDITY;

(290.1990) DIFFUSION; CONTINUOUS FREQUENCY; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; TURBID MEDIA; TWO-LAYER; TWO-LAYER TURBID MEDIUM; WAVE DOMAINS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 85010146282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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