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Reciprocity relation for the vector radiative transport equation and its application to diffuse optical tomography with polarized light

Optics 2017-01-26 v1

Abstract

We derive a reciprocity relation for vector radiative transport equation (vRTE) that describes propagation of polarized light in multiple-scattering media. We then show how this result, together with translational invariance of a plane-parallel sample, can be used to compute efficiently the sensitivity kernel of diffuse optical tomography (DOT) by Monte Carlo simulations. Numerical examples of polarization-selective sensitivity kernels thus computed are given.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1609.04166,
  title  = {Reciprocity relation for the vector radiative transport equation and its application to diffuse optical tomography with polarized light},
  author = {Ugo Tricoli and Callum M. Macdonald and Anabela Da Silva and Vadim A. Markel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.04166},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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