ECE532 Biomedical Optics ©1998 Steven L. Jacques, Scott A. Prahl Oregon Graduate Institute
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The following figures illustrate the transport of light from a steady-state isotropic point source of power within a homogeneous unbounded medium with absorption and scattering properties.

The steady-state fluence rate F(r) is plotted versus r. medium: µa = 1.0 cm-1, µs(1 - g) = 10.0 cm-1, nt = 1.33 impulse power: Po = 1 W	Click on figure to enlarge
The same data plotted as a semi-log plot.	Click on figure to enlarge

The C program that generated the data in the above figures is listed here.