MONTE-CARLO PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATING LIGHT-PROPAGATION AND IMAGINGOF HIGHLY SCATTERING MEDIA

Authors
SASSAROLI A BLUMETTI C MARTELLI F ALIANELLI L CONTINI D ISMAELLI A ZACCANTI G
Citation
A. Sassaroli et al., MONTE-CARLO PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATING LIGHT-PROPAGATION AND IMAGINGOF HIGHLY SCATTERING MEDIA, Applied optics, 37(31), 1998, pp. 7392-7400
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
37
Issue
31
Year of publication
1998
Pages
7392 - 7400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1998)37:31<7392:MPFILA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A Monte Carlo procedure has been developed to study photon migration t hrough highly scattering nonhomogeneous media. When two scaling relati onships are used, the temporal response when scattering or absorbing i nhomogeneities are introduced can be evaluated in a short, time from t he results of only one simulation carried out for the homogeneous medi um. Examples of applications to the imaging of defects embedded into a diffusing slab, a model usually used for optical mammography, are giv en. Comparisons with experimental results show the correctness of the results obtained. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 170. 3660, 170.3880, 170.6920.