title: Modeling phase functions in biological tissue.
abstract: Scattering by randomly shaped particles is investigated for a better understanding of the optical properties of biological tissue and cell suspensions. After proposing the generation functions for the randomly shaped particles, the T-matrix method and appropriate effective size distribution are applied. The derived phase functions show good agreement with the experimental results. Implications for microscopic tissue diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: Colin J R
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sheppard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008027:Light; D051379:Mice; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012031:Refractometry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation