An Approximate Numerical Technique for Characterizing Optical Pulse Propagation in Inhomogeneous Biological Tissue
Joint Authors
Premaratne, Malin
Handapangoda, Chintha C.
Source
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Issue
Vol. 2008, Issue 2008 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2008-02-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An approximate numerical technique for modeling optical pulse propagation through weakly scattering biological tissue is developed by solving the photon transport equation in biological tissue that includes varying refractive index and varying scattering/absorption coefficients.
The proposed technique involves first tracing the ray paths defined by the refractive index profile of the medium by solving the eikonal equation using a Runge-Kutta integration algorithm.
The photon transport equation is solved only along these ray paths, minimizing the overall computational burden of the resulting algorithm.
The main advantage of the current algorithm is that it enables to discretise the pulse propagation space adaptively by taking optical depth into account.
Therefore, computational efficiency can be increased without compromising the accuracy of the algorithm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Handapangoda, Chintha C.& Premaratne, Malin. 2008. An Approximate Numerical Technique for Characterizing Optical Pulse Propagation in Inhomogeneous Biological Tissue. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology،Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Handapangoda, Chintha C.& Premaratne, Malin. An Approximate Numerical Technique for Characterizing Optical Pulse Propagation in Inhomogeneous Biological Tissue. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology No. 2008 (2008), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Handapangoda, Chintha C.& Premaratne, Malin. An Approximate Numerical Technique for Characterizing Optical Pulse Propagation in Inhomogeneous Biological Tissue. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2008. Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497820
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-497820