УДК: 535.36, 535.34, 519.8

Using the Monte Carlo method to model radiation propagation and absorption in optically inhomogeneous biological media

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Красников И.В., Сетейкин А.Ю. Применение метода Монте-Карло для моделирования распространения и поглощения излучения в оптически неоднородных биологических средах // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 5. С. 76–85.

Krasnikov I.V., Seteykin A.Yu. Using the Monte Carlo method to model radiation propagation and absorption in optically inhomogeneous biological media [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 5. P. 76–85.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

I. V. Krasnikov and A. Yu. Seteĭkin, "Using the Monte Carlo method to model radiation propagation and absorption in optically inhomogeneous biological media," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(5), 323-329 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000323

Abstract:

The proposed model is based on the solution of the radiation-transport equation by the Monte Carlo method. A multilayer biological medium with included inhomogeneities of arbitrary shape is considered, to which a photon flux is directed. The proposed model makes it possible to calculate the absorbed density distribution of laser-radiation energy in multilayer materials.

Keywords:

Monte-Carlo method, radiation-transport equation, absorption, scattering, multilayer materials, biological tissue

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with th financial support of Grant No. 14-02-31029 “mol_a” of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

OCIS codes: 170.3660, 170.7050

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