Computational Nanophotonics

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Computational Modeling Aspects of Light Propagation in Biological Tissue for Medical Applications

Chintha Chamalie Handapangoda and Malin Premaratne

CONTENTS

11.1  Introduction

11.2  Light Interaction with Tissue

11.2.1  Optical Properties of Tissue

11.2.2  Photon Transport Theory

11.2.2.1  Why Photon Transport Theory

11.2.2.2  Basic Radiometric Quantities

11.2.2.3  Photon Transport Equation

11.3  Computational Methods for Modeling Light Propagation through Tissue

11.3.1  Modeling Static Distributions

11.3.1.1  Monte Carlo Method

11.3.1.2  Adding–Doubling Method

11.3.1.3  Diffusion Approximation

11.3.1.4  Kubelka–Munk Theory

11.3.1.5  Discrete Ordinates Method

11.3.2  Modeling Transient Response

11.3.2.1  Functional Expansion Methods