Markov chain solution of photon multiple scattering through turbid slabs

Ying Lin, William F. Northrop, Xuesong Li

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Abstract

This work introduces a Markov Chain solution to model photon multiple scattering through turbid slabs via anisotropic scattering process, i.e., Mie scattering. Results show that the proposed Markov Chain model agree with commonly used Monte Carlo simulation for various mediums such as medium with non-uniform phase functions and absorbing medium. The proposed Markov Chain solution method successfully converts the complex multiple scattering problem with practical phase functions into a matrix form and solves transmitted/reflected photon angular distributions by matrix multiplications. Such characteristics would potentially allow practical inversions by matrix manipulation or stochastic algorithms where widely applied stochastic methods such as Monte Carlo simulations usually fail, and thus enable practical diagnostics reconstructions such as medical diagnosis, spray analysis, and atmosphere sciences.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)26942-26947
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume24
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 14 2016

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