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Analysis of skin tissues spatial fluorescence distribution by the Monte Carlo simulation

D Y Churmakov et al 2003 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36 1722-1728   doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/14/311  Help

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D Y Churmakov1, I V Meglinski1, S A Piletsky2 and D A Greenhalgh1
1 School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
2 Institute of BioScience and Technology, Cranfield University, Silsoe, MK45 4DT, UK

Abstract. A novel Monte Carlo technique of simulation of spatial fluorescence distribution within the human skin is presented. The computational model of skin takes into account the spatial distribution of fluorophores, which would arise due to the structure of collagen fibres, compared to the epidermis and stratum corneum where the distribution of fluorophores is assumed to be homogeneous. The results of simulation suggest that distribution of auto-fluorescence is significantly suppressed in the near-infrared spectral region, whereas the spatial distribution of fluorescence sources within a sensor layer embedded in the epidermis is localized at an `effective' depth.

Print publication: Issue 14 (21 July 2003)
Received 4 December 2002, in final form 10 April 2003
Published 1 July 2003

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