Title :
Modeling of light propagation in tissue-like media with applications in reconstruction of skin lesions
Author :
Kini, Prashanth ; Dhawan, Atam P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
fDate :
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Abstract :
An optical backscatter measuring instrument called a Nevoscope is being developed to non- invasively determine 3D characteristics of skin lesions with applications in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Backscattered radiation measurements are used in a heuristic 3-D reconstruction scheme. Monte Carlo simulations of photon histories are employed to study the propagation of light in a turbid medium such as the human skin.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; diagnostic radiography; diseases; image reconstruction; light propagation; light scattering; medical image processing; photons; physiological models; skin; Monte Carlo simulation; Nevoscopes imaging; backscattered radiation measurements; heuristic 3D reconstruction scheme; light propagation modeling; malignant melanoma; noninvasively determine 3D characteristics; optical backscatter measuring instrument; patient diagnosis; photon; skin lesion reconstruction; tissue-like media; turbid medium; Image reconstruction; Integrated optics; Optical imaging; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-0816-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760995
