ScatterBrains: an open database of human head models and companion optode locations for realistic Monte Carlo photon simulations.

ABSTRACT:

Significance

Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are currently the gold standard in the near-infrared and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (NIRS/DCS) communities for generating light transport paths through tissue. However, realistic and diverse models that capture complex tissue layers are not easily available to all; moreover, manually placing optodes on such models can be tedious and time consuming. Such limitations may hinder the adoption of representative models for basic simulations and the use of these models for large-scale simulations, e.g., for training machine learning algorithms.

Aim

We aim to provide the NIRS/DCS communities with an open-source, user-friendly database of morphologically and optically realistic head models, as well as a succinct software pipeline to pre

SUBMITTER: Wu MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10557038 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature