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 language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 224-229 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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