Summarizing Monte Carlo simulations by simple analytic expressions to describe photon transport in tissues

Steven L. Jacques

doi:10.1117/12.200808

31 January 1995 Summarizing Monte Carlo simulations by simple analytic expressions to describe photon transport in tissues

Steven L. Jacques

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Proceedings Volume 2326, Photon Transport in Highly Scattering Tissue; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.200808
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics Europe '94, 1994, Lille, France

Abstract

The distribution of light in tissues can be modeled using Monte Carlo simulations. Analytic expressions, however, provide both speed and the ability to derive subsequent analytic expressions. This paper attempts to distill the lessons of Monte Carlo simulations into analytic descriptions that are simple and rapid. Monte Carlo simulations in homogeneous tissue with cylindrically symmetric geometries are translated into simple expressions based on ellipses. Such an ellipsoidal approximation provides a convenient analytic expression for internal fluence rate distributions, F(r,z).

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Steven L. Jacques "Summarizing Monte Carlo simulations by simple analytic expressions to describe photon transport in tissues", Proc. SPIE 2326, Photon Transport in Highly Scattering Tissue, (31 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.200808

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