Title :
Optical path length measurements on human forehead using time-resolved system
Author :
Okada, E. ; Misonoo, S. ; Eda, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Mean time of flight of the adult heads is measured with a time-resolved system to validate modelling of light propagation in the adult head. Mean time of the adult head model predicted by Monte Carlo simulation agrees well with the experimental results.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; biomedical imaging; brain models; image sensors; photodetectors; streak photography; time resolved spectroscopy; Monte Carlo simulation; brain; femtosecond pulsed laser; human forehead; in-vitro experiments; light propagation; light propagation modelling; mean time of flight; multiple scattering paths; optical path length measurements; source-detector spacing; streak scope; temporal point spread function; time-resolved measurements; time-resolved system; Anthropometry; Biomedical optical imaging; Forehead; Head; Humans; Length measurement; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Predictive models; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967886
