Multiple path analysis of reflectance from turbid media
JOSA A, Vol. 25, Issue 11, pp. 2879-2883 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.25.002879
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Abstract
A novel method to calculate the reflectance of light from a turbid medium is presented. The method takes an approach similar to that of the Beer–Lambert law, where the intensity of light is attenuated by an exponential factor involving the path length and the absorption coefficient. Due to scatter, however, there are many path lengths; in the present method all possible path lengths are weighted by their probabilities and summed over. A path length probability density is derived by considering a photon random walk through the medium. The result is a simple expression for the reflectance based on the physical properties of the medium.
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OCIS Codes
(000.5490) General : Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
(290.1990) Scattering : Diffusion
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.7050) Scattering : Turbid media
(330.1690) Vision, color, and visual optics : Color
ToC Category:
Scattering
History
Original Manuscript: February 21, 2008
Revised Manuscript: September 2, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: September 4, 2008
Published: October 31, 2008
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Citation
Geoffrey L. Rogers, "Multiple path analysis of reflectance from turbid media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 25, 2879-2883 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-25-11-2879
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