Photon migration of near-diffusive photons in turbid media: A Lagrangian-based approach

Lev T. Perelman, Joshua Winn, Jun Wu, Ramachandra R. Dasari, Michael S. Feld

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Abstract

We show that light transport in a turbid medium can be described by a path integral with a quasi-particle Lagrangian. The most probable trajectory over which photons can be found can be obtained from this Lagrangian. This approach extends the diffusion approximation to the near-diffusive regime, in which photons travel only a few transport mean free paths.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)224-229
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1997
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Keywords

  • Diffusion
  • Path integral
  • Photon migration

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