Light propagation through biological tissue and other diffusive media theory, solutions, and software. - "SPIE digital library." (SPIE, 2010)
This book provides foundational information on modeling light propagation through diffusive media, with special emphasis on biological tissue. A summary of the theoretical background on light propagation through diffusive media is provided with the aid of easy-to-use software designed to calculate the solutions of the diffusion equation
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- List of Acronyms -- List of Symbols -- 1. Introduction -- References
I. THEORY. 2. Scattering and absorption properties of diffusive media -- 2.1. Approach followed in this book -- 2.2. Optical properties of a turbid medium. 2.2.1. Absorption properties; 2.2.2. Scattering properties -- 2.3. Statistical meaning of the optical properties of a turbid medium -- 2.4. Similarity relation and reduced scattering coefficient -- 2.5. Examples of diffusive media -- References
3. The radiative transfer equation and diffusion equation -- 3.1. Quantities used to describe radiative transfer -- 3.2. The radiative transfer equation -- 3.3. The Green's function method -- 3.4. Properties of the radiative transfer equation. 3.4.1. Scaling properties; 3.4.2. Dependence on absorption -- 3.5. Diffusion equation. 3.5.1. The diffusion approximation -- 3.6. Derivation of the diffusion equation -- 3.7. Diffusion coefficient -- 3.8. Properties of the diffusion equation. 3.8.1. Scaling properties; 3.8.2. Dependence on absorption -- 3.9. Boundary conditions. 3.9.1. Boundary conditions at the interface between diffusive and non-scattering media; 3.9.2. Boundary conditions at the interface between two diffusive media -- References