Abstract

Light propagation in turbid media has received renewed interest with the introduction of laser photomedicine.¹ Since photodynamic therapy as well as photoablation depend on light distribution and energy deposition within the tissue, a good model of tissue optics is essential to understanding them. The ability to extract quantitative findings from transmission, reflection,² or laser-induced fluorescence measurements depends critically on having a valid model as well as the ability to measure the scattering and absorption cross sections.

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