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Tissue optics for a slab geometry in the diffusion approximation

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This paper solves the radiative transport equation in a slab using the diffusion approximation in one-dimension. The absorption and scattering coefficients as well as the first moment of the phase function are shown to follow directly from measurement of the diffuse transmission and the collimated transmission, and the diffuse reflection.

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  1. Martin J. C. Van Gemert

    Present address: Experimental Laser Unit, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  2. Willem M. Star

    Present address: Rotterdam Radiotherapeutic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

    Martin J. C. Van Gemert, Ashley J. Welch, Willem M. Star, Massoud Motamedi & Wai-Fung Cheong

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Van Gemert, M.J.C., Welch, A.J., Star, W.M. et al. Tissue optics for a slab geometry in the diffusion approximation. Laser Med Sci 2, 295–302 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02594174

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