@inproceedings{prahl89, author = {S. A. Prahl and M. Keijzer and S. L. Jacques and A. J. Welch}, title = {A {M}onte {C}arlo Model of Light Propagation in Tissue}, booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings of Dosimetry of Laser Radiation in Medicine and Biology}, year = {1989}, volume = {IS 5}, editor = {G. J. M{\"u}ller and D. H. Sliney}, pages = {102--111}, abstract = {The Monte Carlo method is rapidly becoming the model of choice for simulating light transport in tissue. This paper provides all the details necessary for implementation of a Monte Carlo program. Variance reduction schemes that improve the efficiency of the Monte Carlo method are discussed. Analytic expressions facilitating convolution calculations for finite flat and Gaussian beams are included. Useful validation benchmarks are presented.}, }