@inproceedings{cruzado11,
  author = {B. {Morales Cruzado} and S. A. Prahl and J. A. {Delgado Atencio} and S. {V{\'a}zquez y Montiel}},
  title = {Validation of {GA-MCML} algorithm against {IAD} program},
  booktitle = {International Commission for Optics 22 General Congress},
  year = {2011, poster},
  abstract = {Determining optical properties of turbid media has been performed by many research groups using a technique based on iteratively solving the radiative transport equation using the adding doubling technique (IAD). We present a new, alternative method, GA-MCML, for determining optical properties based on a Monte Carlo technique for radiative transport (MCML) guided by a genetics algorithm. The Monte Carlo method is more flexible than the adding-doubling technique and can be adapted to a wider range of sample geometries. The genetic algorithm is a robust search technique that is well-adapted to avoding the local minima in this optimization problem. GA-MCML, has been implemented by modifying the MCML source code to account for two common experimental problems: light losses due to the finite sample size and non-linear integrating sphere effects using Moffitt's equations. GA-MCML was validated by comparing with IAD method for data acquired at 632.8 nm on a set of phantoms using a single integrating sphere system. The GA-MCML results were equivalent to the IAD technique.},
}