Measurement of the optical properties of the skull in the wavelength range 650 - 950

AbslraeL The optical pmpeaies of samples of bone from pig skull have teen measured aver the wavelength range 650-950 nm. The scattering phase function was measured on thin samples of the bone using a goniometer, and a value for the mean cosine g, of the scattering angle, was calculaled. m e scattering and absorption coefficients, pr and pa were then determined from measurements of diffuse reflectance and transmittance made with a pair of inlegraling spheres, by a step-wise search through a table of diffuse reflectance and transmittance versus pa and ps generated by a Monte Carlo model