title: Simulation of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography images by a Monte Carlo method.
abstract: We introduce a new Monte Carlo (MC) method for simulating optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of complex multilayered turbid scattering media. We demonstrate, for the first time of our knowledge, the use of a MC technique to imitate two-dimensional polarization-sensitive OCT images with nonplanar boundaries of layers in the medium like a human skin. The simulation of polarized low-coherent optical radiation is based on the vector approach generalized from the iterative procedure of the solution of Bethe-Saltpeter equation. The performances of the developed method are demonstrated both for conventional and polarization-sensitive OCT modalities.
authors.affiliation: Cranfield Health, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK. i.meglinski@cranfield.ac.uk
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meglinski
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirillin
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kuzmin
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Myllylä
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods