Review of Monte Carlo modeling of light transport in tissues

C Zhu, Q Liu - Journal of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A general survey is provided on the capability of Monte Carlo (MC) modeling in tissue optics
while paying special attention to the recent progress in the development of methods for …

Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics

JR Mourant, JP Freyer, AH Hielscher, AA Eick… - Applied …, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We have studied the optical properties of mammalian cell suspensions to provide a
mechanistic basis for interpreting the optical properties of tissues in vivo. Measurements of …

Optical scattering properties of soft tissue: a discrete particle model

JM Schmitt, G Kumar - Applied optics, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We introduce a micro-optical model of soft biological tissue that permits numerical
computation of the absolute magnitudes of its scattering coefficients. A key assumption of the …

Influence of the phase function in generalized diffuse reflectance models: review of current formalisms and novel observations

KW Calabro, IJ Bigio - Journal of biomedical optics, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, which has been demonstrated as a noninvasive diagnostic
technique, relies on quantitative models for extracting optical property values from turbid …

In vivo endoscopic tissue diagnostics based on spectroscopic absorption, scattering, and phase function properties

P Thueler, I Charvet, F Bevilacqua… - … of biomedical optics, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A fast spectroscopic system for superficial and local determination of the absorption and
scattering properties of tissue (480 to 950 nm) is described. The probe can be used in the …

Measuring cellular structure at submicrometer scale with light scattering spectroscopy

V Backman, V Gopal, M Kalashnikov… - IEEE Journal of …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel instrument for imaging the angular distributions of light backscattered by
biological cells and tissues. The intensities in different regions of the image are due to …

Rapid multi-spectral imaging methods and apparatus and applications for cancer detection and localization

H Zeng, Y Fawzy - US Patent 9,654,745, 2017 - Google Patents
US9654745B2 - Rapid multi-spectral imaging methods and apparatus and applications for
cancer detection and localization - Google Patents US9654745B2 - Rapid multi-spectral …

Wide-field quantitative imaging of tissue microstructure using sub-diffuse spatial frequency domain imaging

DM McClatchy, EJ Rizzo, WA Wells, PP Cheney… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Localized measurements of scattering in biological tissue provide sensitivity to
microstructural morphology but have limited utility to wide-field applications, such as surgical …

Modelling optical properties of soft tissue by fractal distribution of scatterers

RK Wang - Journal of Modern Optics, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
A knowledge of the local refractive index variations and size distribution of scatterers in
biological tissue is required to understand the physical processes involved in light-tissue …

Approximation of Mie scattering parameters <?xpp qa?>in near-infrared tomography of normal<?xpp qa?> breast tissue in vivo

X Wang, BW Pogue, S Jiang, X Song… - … of biomedical optics, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A method for estimating Mie theory scattering parameters from diffuse light tomography
measurements in breast tissue is discussed. The approach provides an estimate of the …