TY - JOUR
T1 - Free-Space Propagation of Diffuse Light
T2 - Theory and Experiments
AU - Ripoll, Jorge
AU - Schulz, Ralf B.
AU - Ntziachristos, Vasilis
PY - 2003/9/2
Y1 - 2003/9/2
N2 - In this Letter we present a simple and novel theoretical approach for modeling the intensity distribution from an arbitrarily shaped turbid volume in a noncontact geometry by considering diffuse light propagation in free space. This theory is validated with experiments for a diffusive volume of known geometry in a noncontact situation, both with and without the presence of an embedded absorber. The implications of this new formulation in the context of optical tomography in turbid media are discussed.
AB - In this Letter we present a simple and novel theoretical approach for modeling the intensity distribution from an arbitrarily shaped turbid volume in a noncontact geometry by considering diffuse light propagation in free space. This theory is validated with experiments for a diffusive volume of known geometry in a noncontact situation, both with and without the presence of an embedded absorber. The implications of this new formulation in the context of optical tomography in turbid media are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.103901
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.103901
M3 - Article
C2 - 14525478
AN - SCOPUS:0142025442
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 10
ER -