Title :
Diffusely scattered polarized light in turbid media: Monte Carlo Simulation
Author :
Wang, Shuping ; Xu, Lanqing ; Li, Hui ; Yamada, Yukio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Intel. Syst., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the propagation behavior of 2-D Stokes vectors and Mueller matrices under various conditions. The effect of different incident polarization states, tissue optical parameters and Fresnel matrices at the boundary are fully considered.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; bio-optics; biological tissues; light polarisation; light scattering; matrix algebra; turbidity; vectors; 2-D Stokes vector; Fresnel matrix; Monte Carlo simulation; Mueller matrix; diffusely scattered polarized light; propagation behavior; tissue optical parameter; turbid media; two dimensional Stokes vector; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Fresnel reflection; Light scattering; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412267
