DocumentCode
1943063
Title
FDTD (finite difference time domain) analysis of optical pulse responses in biological tissues for spectroscopic diffused optical tomography
Author
Tanifuji, T. ; Chiba, N. ; Hijikata, M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kitami Inst. of Technol., Hokkaido, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
FDTD analysis has been successfully formulated for predicting optical pulse response in biological tissues. It has been confirmed that suitable boundary conditions give reasonable numerical results.
Keywords
bio-optics; biological tissues; finite difference time-domain analysis; light propagation; light scattering; optical tomography; FDTD analysis; air-tissue interface; biological tissues; boundary conditions; hemoglobin; image reconstruction; mesh sizes; near-infrared spectral range; noninvasive mapping; optical diffusion equations; optical pulse propagation; optical pulse response; oxygen saturation; spectroscopic diffused optical tomography; trailing edge; transport scattering coefficient; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Equations; Finite difference methods; Light scattering; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Slabs; Time domain analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967882
Filename
967882
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