title: Fractal mechanisms of light scattering in biological tissue and cells.
abstract: We use fractal continuous random media to model visible and near-infrared light scattering by biological tissue and cell suspensions. The power law of the reduced scattering coefficient, the anisotropy factor of scattering, and the phase function are derived with good agreement with experimental results. Implications for spectroscopic tissue diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, The City College and Graduate Center of City University of New York, NY 10031, USA. minxu@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Alfano
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D016880:Anisotropy; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity