title: Light propagation in tissues with forward-peaked and large-angle scattering.
abstract: We study light propagation in tissues using the theory of radiative transport. In particular, we study the case in which there is both forward-peaked and large-angle scattering. Because this combination of the forward-peaked and large-angle scattering makes it difficult to solve the radiative transport equation, we present a method to construct approximations to study this problem. The delta-Eddington and Fokker-Planck approximations are special cases of this general framework. Using this approximation method, we derive two new approximations: the Fokker-Planck-Eddington approximation and the generalized Fokker-Planck-Eddington approximation. By computing the transmittance and reflectance of light by a slab we study the performance of these approximations.
authors.affiliation: School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95344, USA.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Arnold D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012542:Scattering, Radiation