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July 11, 1978Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

The theory of the back-scattering of light by blood

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GEG. EasonUniversity of AkronAVA.R. VeitchUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraRNRoger M. NisbetUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

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Implication

Theoretical models examine light scattering by blood, revealing insights on photon behavior.

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze light scattering in blood using mathematical models to improve understanding of photon behavior.
  • Studied three models of cylindrical light beam scattering by a half-space.
  • Solved the photodiffusion equation to yield integral expressions for photon density and back-scattered flux.
  • Used multipole expansion for approximations and insights into previous dipole models.
  • Integral expressions were derived for photon density in the medium and back-scattered flux.
  • Multipole expansion provided useful approximations for predicting scattering behavior.
  • Insights on dipole approximation showed consistency with earlier works.

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Eason et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a209083fdf8ac6477c640fbhttps://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/11/10/014
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