Modified discrete particle model of optical scattering in skin tissue accounting for multiparticle scattering

DHP Schneiderheinze, TR Hillman, David Sampson

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    Abstract

    We rigorously account for the effects of multiparticle light scattering from a fractal sphere aggregate in order to simulate the optical properties of a soft biological tissue, human skin. Using a computational method that extends Mie theory to the multisphere case, we show that multiparticle scattering significantly affects the computed optical properties, resulting in a reduction in both scattering coefficient and anisotropy for the wavelengths simulated, as well as a significantly enhanced forward peak in the simulated phase function. The model is extended to incorporate the contribution of Rayleigh scatterers, which we show is required to obtain reasonable agreement with experimentally measured optical properties of skin tissue. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)15002-15010
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume15
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

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