MONTE CARLO SIMULATION : PHOTON TRANSPORT IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE

Using the method of Monte Carlo, the goal of this project is to make a simulation on how photons are transported across the mulitple layer of tissues like dermis and muscular tissues. For the simulation, Python was used, where an object representing a photon will be generated assuming usual properties such as weight and position; these properties will be changed while the photon object travels through a medium whose physical properties are assigned - thickness, refractive index, absorbing and scattering coefficient and anisotropy. The results of simulation shows the decreasing weight of the photon and from data generated yields the probability at which the photon can either be absorbed or scattered.