Accurate simulation of light scattering by a red blood cell using the FDTD method

Author

Lu, J.Q. ; Xin-Hua Hu ; Yang, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

553

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present our recent results on the calculation of the distribution of the light scattered by red blood cells in the full range of scattering angle between 0 to 180 degrees using an accurate quantitative finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) method. The FDTD algorithm allows computation of scattering from cells of any shape and with any index of refraction profile. The algorithm discretizes Maxwell´s curl equations in space and time, resulting in a set of explicit finite-difference equations.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; bio-optics; blood; cellular biophysics; finite difference time-domain analysis; light scattering; FDTD method; Maxwell curl equations; finite-difference-time-domain method; index of refraction profile; light scattering simulation; perfectly matched layers; red blood cell; scattering angle; Biomedical optical imaging; Finite difference methods; Light scattering; Mie scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Red blood cells; Shape; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034314

Filename

1034314