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Monte Carlo simulation of spectral reflectance using a multilayered skin tissue model

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A nine-layered skin tissue model is newly developed for the Monte Carlo simulation of spectral reflectance. The derivation of the necessary parameters for each of the nine layers in the simulation is presented, in which the parameters used in the conventional three-layered model are modified on the basis of some histological findings on skin and reported examples. Using appropriate optical and geometrical parameters, simulated spectra can be produced that agree well with measured spectra. This approach provides a flexible means of spectral fitting to measured results and of estimating changes in the parameters of skin tissue.

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  1. Division of Science for Composite Functions, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1 Mizumoto, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan

    Takaaki Maeda & Yoshihisa Aizu

  2. Shiseido Research Center, 2-2-1 Hayabuchi, Tsuzuki, Yokohama, 224-8558, Japan

    Naomi Arakawa & Motoji Takahashi

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Maeda, T., Arakawa, N., Takahashi, M. et al. Monte Carlo simulation of spectral reflectance using a multilayered skin tissue model. OPT REV 17, 223–229 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-010-0040-5

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