Computational method for determining optical scattering properties from confocal microscopy reflectance

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1. Resource Description

   This software is used to determine the optical properties (and by extension the distribution of scattering sites within the sample) by fitting experimentally derived curves from reflectance-mode confocal scanning laser microscopy. The fits from these curves provide both the scattering coefficient and the scattering anisotropy of the sample.

2. Used by

   Steven Jacques Laboratory

3. Data Input

   Exponential decay of the confocal reflectance signal as a function of the depth of the focal volume

4. Data Output

   Scattering coefficient, μ sub s, and the anisotropy of scattering, g

5. Related Publication or Documentation

   Optical properties of mutant versus wild-type mouse skin measured by reflectance-mode confocal scanning laser microscopy (rCSLM).

6. Website(s)

   http://omlc.ogi.edu/news/sep06/Saratov2006/index.html

7. Software license

   Open source software license

8. Coded in

   MATLAB language