title: Optical absorption and scattering of bovine cornea, lens and retina in the visible region.
abstract: Optical properties of bovine ocular tissues were determined at laser wavelengths in the visible region. The inverse adding doubling (IAD), Kubelka-Munk (KM), and inverse Monte Carlo (IMC) methods were applied to the measured values of the total diffuse transmission, total diffuse reflection, and collimated transmission to determine the optical absorption and scattering coefficients of the bovine cornea, lens and retina at 457.9 nm, 488 nm, and 514.5 nm laser lines from an argon ion laser. The optical properties obtained from these three methods were compared, and their validity is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249-0697, USA. dsardar@utsa.edu
authors.forename: Dhiraj K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Sardar
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Yust
authors.forename: Frederick J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Barrera
authors.forename: Lawrence C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Mimun
authors.forename: Andrew T C
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Tsin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007834:Lasers; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation