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Light Propagation through Biological Tissue and Other Diffusive Media: Theory, Solutions, and Validation, Second EditionFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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• A comprehensive statistical approach to the photon penetration depth in diffusive media
• An introduction to anomalous transport
• An anisotropic transport approach within the framework of diffusion theory
• An introduction to the invariance properties of radiative transfer in non-absorbing media
• A heuristic explanation of ballistic photon propagation
• An expanded description of core Monte Carlo simulation methods
• A series of new analytical solutions of the diffusion equation for new geometries
• Some original solutions in the time domain of the diffusion equation in the presence of Raman and fluorescence interactions
• New MATLAB® codes of the presented solutions
• A revised and enlarged set of numerical Monte Carlo results for verification of the presented solutions
• An augmented bibliography covering the field of tissue optics
Although the theoretical and computational tools provided in this book have their primary use in the field of biomedical optics, there are many other applications in which they can be used, including, for example, analysis of agricultural products, study of forest canopies or clouds, and quality control of industrial food, plastic materials, or pharmaceutical products, among many others.
Pages: 698
ISBN: 9781510650343
Volume: PM348
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- List of Acronyms
- List of Symbols
- Preface
- PART I THEORY
- 1 Scattering and Absorption Properties of Turbid Media
- 1.1 Approach Followed in This Manual
- 1.2 Optical Properties of a Turbid Medium
- 1.3 Statistical Meaning of the Optical Properties of a Turbid Medium
- 1.4 Similarity Relation and Reduced Scattering Coefficient
- 1.5 Ballistic Photons
- 1.6 Examples of Diffusive Media
- 1.7 Conclusion
- References
- 2 The Radiative Transfer Equation
- 2.1 Quantities Used to Describe Radiative Transfer
- 2.2 The Radiative Transfer Equation
- 2.3 The Green's Function Method
- 2.4 Probabilistic Interpretation of the Solutions
- 2.5 Boundary Conditions for the Radiative Transfer Equation
- 2.6 Uniform Lambertian Illumination: A Special Reference Case
- 2.7 Properties of the Radiative Transfer Equation
- 2.8 The Radiative Transfer Equation in Transformed Domains
- 2.9 Numerical and Analytical Solutions of the RTE
- 2.10 Anisotropic Media and Anomalous Radiative Transport
- 2.11 Conclusion
- References
- 3 The Diffusion Equation for Light Transport
- 3.1 Diffusion Equation and History
- 3.2 The Diffusion Approximation: Physical Assumptions
- 3.3 Derivation of the Diffusion Equation
- 3.4 Diffusion Coefficient
- 3.5 Properties of the Diffusion Equation
- 3.6 Diffusion Equation in Transformed Domains
- 3.7 Boundary Conditions
- 3.8 Conclusion
- Reference
- 4 Anisotropic Light Propagation
- 4.1 The CW Anisotropic Diffusion Equation
- 4.2 Two Classical Cases
- 4.3 Conclusion
- References
- PART II SOLUTIONS
- 5 Solutions of the Diffusion Equation for Homogeneous Media
- 5.1 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for an Infinite Medium: Separation of Variables and Fourier Transform Method
- 5.2 Improved Solution for the CW Domain: Infinite Medium and Isotropic Scattering
- 5.3 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for a Slab: Method of Images
- 5.4 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for a Slab: Separation of Variables, Fourier Transform, and Eigenfunction Method
- 5.5 Moments of the Temporal Point Spread Function for a Slab
- 5.6 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for a Semi-infinite Medium
- 5.7 Other Solutions for the Outgoing Flux
- 5.8 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for an Infinite Medium: Separation of Variables and Fourier Transform Method
- 5.9 Analytical Green's Function for an Infinite Cylinder
- 5.10 Analytical Green's Function for a Sphere
- 5.11 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for a Pencil Beam Source Impinging on a Finite Cylinder Geometry
- 5.12 Ohm’s Law for Light
- 5.13 Solutions for a Slab Illuminated by Infinitely Extended Sources
- 5.14 Solutions of the DE in Transformed Domains
- 5.15 Angular Dependence of Radiance Exiting a Diffusive Medium
- 5.16 Comment: The Angular Dependence of Reflectance
- 5.17 Anisotropic Media
- 5.18 Summary Comments on Applications
- 5.19 Conclusion
- References
- 6 Ballistic and Quasi-Ballistic Radiation
- 6.1 Solution of the RTE for Ballistic Radiation
- 6.2 Heuristic Hybrid Model for Ballistic Photon Detection in Collimated Transmittance CW Measurements
- 6.3 Conclusion
- References
- 7 Statistics of Photon Penetration Depth in Diffusive Media
- 7.1 Statistics of Photon Penetration Depth inside an Infinite Laterally Extended Slab
- 7.2 Scaling Relationships for the Penetration Depth
- 7.3 Heuristic Formula for the Mean Average Penetration Depth in a Homogeneous Medium
- 7.4 Solutions for f and <zmax> for a Slab in the Diffusion Approximation
- 7.5 Heuristic Model for a Semi-infinite Medium
- 7.6 Frequency-Domain Penetration Depth
- 7.7 Summary Comments on Applications
- 7.8 Conclusion
- References
- 8 Statistics of Transversal Penetration Depth in the TD
- 8.1 Statistics for the Radial Penetration Depth in a Laterally Infinite Slab
- 8.2 Statistics for the Lateral Penetration Depth in a Laterally Infinitely Extended Slab
- 8.3 Statistics of the Radial Penetration Depth in an Infinite Medium
- 8.4 Comparisons of the Different Formulas for the Maximum Penetration Depth
- 8.5 Summary Comments on Applications
- 8.6 Conclusion
- References
- 9 Average Photon Distance from Source and Relative Moments
- 9.1 Statistical Relationships: Displacement of Photons from the Source in an Infinite Homogeneous Medium
- 9.2 Penetration Depth for all Photons Propagating in an Infinite Medium
- 9.3 Penetration Depth for all Photons Propagating through a Slab
- 9.4 Conclusion
- References
- 10 Hybrid Solutions of the Radiative Transfer Equation
- 10.1 General Hybrid Approach to the Solutions for the Slab Geometry
- 10.2 Analytical Solutions of the Time-Dependent RTE for an Infinite Homogeneous Medium
- 10.3 Comparison of the Hybrid Models Based on the RTE and Telegrapher Equation with the Solution of the Diffusion Equation
- 10.4 Conclusion
- References
- 11 The Diffusion Equation for a Two-Layered Cylinder
- 11.1 Photon Migration through Layered Media
- 11.2 Initial and Boundary Value Problems for Parabolic Equations
- 11.3 Solution of the DE for a Two-Layer Cylinder
- 11.4 Examples of Reflectance and Transmittance of a Layered Medium
- 11.5 General Properties of Light Re-emitted by a Diffusive Medium
- 11.6 Summary Comments on Applications
- 11.7 Conclusion
- References
- 12 The Diffusion Equation for an N-Layered Cylinder
- 12.1 Photon Migration through an N-Layered Cylinder
- 12.2 Conclusion
- References
- 13 Solutions of the Diffusion Equation with Perturbation Theory
- 13.1 Perturbation Theory in a Diffusive Medium and the Born Approximation
- 13.2 Perturbation Theory: Solutions for the Infinite Medium
- 13.3 Perturbation Theory: Solutions for the Slab
- 13.4 Perturbation Approach for Hybrid Models
- 13.5 Perturbation Approach for a Layered Slab and for Other Geometries
- 13.6 Absorption Perturbation by Using the Internal Pathlength Moments
- 13.7 Closed-Form CW Perturbative Solutions of the DE with Absorbing Inclusions
- 13.8 Summary Comments on Applications
- 13.9 Conclusion
- References
- 14 Time-Domain Raman and Fluorescence Analytical Solutions
- 14.1 Theoretical Approach and General Definitions
- 14.2 Heuristic Model
- 14.3 Raman Analytical Solutions Based on the Time-Dependent Diffusion Equation
- 14.4 Solution of the DE for Time-Resolved Fluorescence in an Infinite Medium
- 14.5 Solution of the DE for a Raman Signal with Background Fluorescence
- 14.6 Examples of Raman Re-emission Calculated with Raman Forward Solvers
- 14.7 Summary Comments on Applications
- 14.8 Conclusion
- References
- PART III VALIDATION OF THE SOLUTIONS
- 15 Elementary Monte Carlo Methods in Turbid Media
- 15.1 Photon Packets
- 15.2 Photon Trajectories
- 15.3 Photon Detection
- 15.4 Statistical Error in MC Results
- 15.5 MC Methods for Handling Photon Packet Weight
- 15.6 Boundaries Conditions in MC: Compatibility between Classical and Anomalous Photon Transport
- 15.7 Interruption of the Propagation of a Photon Packet: Russian Roulette
- 15.8 Comparison of the Different Methods
- 15.9 Conclusion
- References
- 16 Reference Monte Carlo Results
- 16.1 General Remarks
- 16.2 MC for an Infinite Homogeneous Medium
- 16.3 MC for a Homogeneous and a Layered Slab
- 16.4 Monte Carlo Code for a Slab Containing an Inhomogeneity
- 16.5 Description of the Monte Carlo Program Calculating the Maximum Mean Penetration Depth of Detected Photons
- 16.6 Description of the Monte Carlo Program Simulating the Raman Signal and the Fluorescence Signal
- 16.7 Conclusion
- References
- 17 Comparisons of Analytical Solutions with Monte Carlo Results
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Comparisons between MC and DE: Homogeneous Medium
- 17.3 Validation of the DE Solutions for the Mean Maximum and Mean Average Penetration Depth
- 17.4 Comparison between MC and DE: Homogeneous Slab with an Internal Inhomogeneity
- 17.5 Comparisons between MC and DE: N-Layered Slab and N-Layered Cylinder
- 17.6 Comparisons between MC and Hybrid Models
- 17.7 Comparisons between the MC and Heuristic Model for Ballistic Photon Detection
- 17.8 Outgoing Flux: Comparison between Fick and Extrapolated Boundary Partial Current Approaches
- 17.9 Validation of the DE Solutions for the Raman Signal
- 17.10 Conclusions
- References
- 18 Numerical Implementations and Reference Database
- 18.1 Numerical Implementation of the Solutions
- 18.2 Reference Database: Monte Carlo Simulations
- PART IV APPENDICES
- A: Intuitive Justification of the Diffusion Approximation
- B: Fick's Law
- C: Boundary Conditions between Diffusive and Non-Scattering Media
- D: Boundary Conditions between Two Diffusive Media
- E: Diffusion Equation with an Infinite Homogeneous Medium: Separation of Variables and Fourier Transform Methods
- F: Anisotropic CW Diffusion Equation with an Infinite Homogeneous Medium: Separation of Variables and Fourier Transform Methods
- G: The Reciprocity Principle for a Plane Wave and a Pencil Beam Impinging on a Slab
- H: Temporal Integration of the Time-Dependent Green's Function
- I: The Diffusion Equation: Separation of Variables and Eigenfunction Methods
- J: The Diffusion Equation with a Homogeneous Parallelepiped: Separation of Variables and Eigenfunction Methods
- K: Mean Square Displacement of the Light Penetration in Turbid Media Based on the RTE
- L: Expression for the Normalizing Factor
- M: Finite Integral Transforms
- N: Relationship between the Inverse Fourier Transform and Inverse Laplace Transform
- O: Equivalence of the MC Methods
- Index
Preface (abridged)
This manual is intended as an in-depth introduction to light propagation through biological tissues and diffusive media. After having treated the general theory of light diffusion and its physical and biological interpretation, the text proposes the derivation of tens of already reported and newly derived analytical and/or semi-analytical solutions. These solutions are "ready to use" and represent the most employed algorithms appearing in tissue optics and related fields, where light is used to probe the optical and/or biological properties of diffusive media. By studying these examples, the readers should be able to directly apply the solutions to real laboratory problems or to develop their own specific solutions.
In a dedicated part of the manual, the solutions are tested against "gold standard" reference data, and their domain of validity is carefully discussed. This part also serves as a tutorial explaining how to generate suitable reference data and how to test new algorithms obtained, e.g., by the reader.
The text is particularly well suited for skilled master students but also for advanced scientists searching for rapid solutions, eliminating the problem of repeating cumbersome calculations in diffusive optics, and bypassing the need to search among hundreds of published papers.
Thus, to summarize, the present manual offers: (I) A general introduction to the theory of photon migration; (II) Ready-to-use analytical and/or semianalytical solutions, derived from the general theory of photon migration, associated with problems typically encountered in biomedical optics and related domains; (III) A validation of the proposed solutions by means of comparisons with Monte Carlo (MC) simulations; (IV) A tutorial software package, implementing the most representative analytical and semi-analytical solutions of the manual (see the links to the supplemental material) and (V) A set of precalculated MC data serving as a gold-standard reference and allowing the reader to personally check the presented exact/approximated solutions (see the link icons).
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