• DocumentCode
    2569820
  • Title

    Monte Carlo simulation to measure light dosimetry within the biological tissue

  • Author

    Lee, Cheol Hea Koo ; Lee, June Kyu ; Lim, Hyun Soo

  • Author_Institution
    Chungnam Nat. Univ., Taejon, South Korea
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
  • Firstpage
    2967
  • Abstract
    Proposes a method of accurate light dosimetry using Monte Carlo simulation. In a photodynamic therapy treatment, accurate light dosimetry is specially important as is to be expected that applying too little light or too much light could result in inadequate tumor cell kill. The basic theory of this method is statistical iteration of simulation at phantom medium and can model any complex condition in biological tissues without any kind of tool. The authors performed Monte Carlo simulation with a phantom layer having the optical properties of biological tissues. The results showed that one can obtain acceptable light dosimetry in a biological phantom. Monte Carlo simulation is very powerful approach to modeling radiation transfer for solving a variety of physical and mathematical problems
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; biological tissues; dosimetry; photodynamic therapy; physiological models; tumours; Monte Carlo simulation; PDT treatment; inadequate tumor cell kill; light dosimetry; mathematical problems; phantom layer; photodynamic therapy treatment; physical problems; radiation transfer modeling; statistical iteration; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Dosimetry; Imaging phantoms; Light scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical refraction; Optical scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5164-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1998.746112
  • Filename
    746112