Realistic inhomogeneous phantoms using an equivalent black volume

Fabrizio Martelli; Antonio Pifferi; Davide Contini; Lorenzo Spinelli; Alessandro Torricelli; Mikhail Mazurenka; Heidrun Wabnitz; Rainer Macdonald; Angelo Sassaroli; Paola Di Ninni; Giovanni Zaccanti

doi:10.1117/12.2036290

23 August 2013 Realistic inhomogeneous phantoms using an equivalent black volume

Fabrizio Martelli, Antonio Pifferi, Davide Contini, Lorenzo Spinelli, Alessandro Torricelli, Mikhail Mazurenka, Heidrun Wabnitz, Rainer Macdonald, Angelo Sassaroli, Paola Di Ninni, Giovanni Zaccanti

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Proceedings Volume 8804, Neurophotonics; 88040F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036290
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2013, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Using Monte Carlo simulations we demonstrate that a realistic absorption inhomogeneity embedded in a diffusive medium can be effectively mimicked by a small black object of a proper volume (Equivalence Relation). Applying this concept we propose the construction of simple and well reproducible inhomogeneous phantoms.

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Fabrizio Martelli, Antonio Pifferi, Davide Contini, Lorenzo Spinelli, Alessandro Torricelli, Mikhail Mazurenka, Heidrun Wabnitz, Rainer Macdonald, Angelo Sassaroli, Paola Di Ninni, and Giovanni Zaccanti "Realistic inhomogeneous phantoms using an equivalent black volume", Proc. SPIE 8804, Neurophotonics, 88040F (23 August 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036290

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