Clinical procedures sometimes require tissue to be illuminated by low energy photons from a laser or an intense pulse light flash-lamp. The absorption of low energy photons can subsequently lead to photo-chemical, photo-thermal and photomechanical effects with increasing light intensity. The wavelength and the exposure time are also significant in determining the tissue response. Through a probabilistic approach, the Monte Carlo method models multiple instances of the same measurable unit to obtain a numerical result.
Papers:
A J Welch & M J C van Gemert (eds), “Optical-Thermal Response of Laser-Irradiated Tissue” 2nd edn, Springer, 2011
M. J C Van Gemert, Steven L. Jacques, H. J C M Sterenborg, and W.M.Star. “Skin Optics.” Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 36(12):1146–1154, Dec 1989. ISSN 0018-9294. doi: 10.1109/10.42108
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