Abstract

Spatially resolved reflectance measurements are a standard tool for determining the absorption and scattering properties of turbid media such as biological tissue. However, in literature, it was shown that these measurements are subject to errors when a possible rough surface between the turbid medium and the surrounding is not accounted for. We evaluated these errors by comparing the spatially resolved reflectance measured on rough epoxy-based samples with Monte Carlo simulations using Lambertian surface scattering, the Cook–Torrance model, and the generalized Harvey–Shack model as surface scattering models. To this aim, goniometric measurements on the epoxy-based samples were compared to the angularly resolved reflectance of the three surface models to estimate the corresponding model parameters. Finally, the optical properties of the phantoms were determined using a Monte Carlo model with a smooth surface.

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