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Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

| EXPLORING THE INTERFACE OF LIGHT AND BIOMEDICINE

  • Editor: Gregory W. Faris
  • Vol. 4, Iss. 10 — Oct. 2, 2009

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Laser light scattering in turbid media Part II: Spatial and temporal analysis of individual scattering orders via Monte Carlo simulation

Edouard Berrocal, David L. Sedarsky, Megan E. Paciaroni, Igor V. Meglinski, and Mark A. Linne  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 16, pp. 13792-13809 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.013792


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Abstract

In Part I of this study [1], good agreement between experimental measurements and results from Monte Carlo simulations were obtained for the spatial intensity distribution of a laser beam propagating within a turbid environment. In this second part, the validated Monte Carlo model is used to investigate spatial and temporal effects from distinct scattering orders on image formation. The contribution of ballistic photons and the first twelve scattering orders are analyzed individually by filtering the appropriate data from simulation results. Side-scattering and forward-scattering detection geometries are investigated and compared. We demonstrate that the distribution of positions for the final scattering events is independent of particle concentration when considering a given scattering order in forward detection. From this observation, it follows that the normalized intensity distribution of each order, in both space and time, is independent of the number density of particles. As a result, the amount of transmitted information is constant for a given scattering order and is directly related to the phase function in association with the detection acceptance angle. Finally, a contrast analysis is performed in order to quantify this information at the image plane.

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OCIS Codes
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.7050) Scattering : Turbid media

ToC Category:
Scattering

History
Original Manuscript: April 27, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 7, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 17, 2009
Published: July 24, 2009

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Vol. 4, Iss. 10 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Edouard Berrocal, David L. Sedarsky, Megan E. Paciaroni, Igor V. Meglinski, and Mark A. Linne, "Laser light scattering in turbid media Part II: Spatial and temporal analysis of individual scattering orders via Monte Carlo simulation," Opt. Express 17, 13792-13809 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-16-13792


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