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Light Transport in Tissue


Walsh's Analytic Solution for R1

The integral of the first moment of the Fresnel reflection R1 has been found analytically by Walsh, (see [53,54])

R1Walsh = $\displaystyle {1\over2}+{(m-1)(3m+1)\over 6(m+1)^2}
+\left[ {m^2(m^2-1)^2\over (m^2+1)^3} \right]
\ln{m-1\over m+1}$  
  - $\displaystyle {2m^3(m^2+2m-1)\over (m^2+1)(m^4-1)}
+ \left[{8m^4(m^4+1)\over (m^2+1)(m^4-1)^2}\right]\ln m$ (B41)

where Walsh's parameter m is the reciprocal of the index of refraction ratio in Equation (B.2) that is, m=1/n=nt/ni. Equation (B.41) was used as a check on the numerical integration of R1. Equation (B.41) is only valid when ni<nt then Equation (B.14) should be used.

S. A. Prahl."Light Transport in Tissue," PhD thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1988.