title: Monte carlo simulation of converging laser beams propagating in biological materials.
abstract: A new method of Monte Carlo simulation has been developed to simulate the spatial distribution of photon density of converging laser beams propagating in a turbid medium such as the phantom of biological tissue. This method can be used to obtain steady-state light distribution in the tissue phantom for a continuous-wave laser beam. We have calculated the steady-state distribution of the photon density and found important features that are uniquely related to the propagation of the converging beams in the tissue phantom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Lu