EFFECT OF MULTI-DESIGN SKIN MODEL AND CHARACTERISTIC ON MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF LIGHT-SKIN DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA

Authors

  • Muhammad Nur Salihin Yusoff Medical Radiation Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • Mohamad Suhaimi Jaafar Medical Physics and Radiation Sciences Research Group, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.7605

Keywords:

Diffuse reflectance, skin model, Monte Carlo, GPU, CUDAMCML

Abstract

This study was carried out to analyze the impact of four skin models and three skin characteristics on Monte Carlo simulation of light-skin diffuse reflectance spectra. The simulation was performed using graphic processing unit (GPU)-based Monte Carlo code (CUDAMCML). The computation platform was a laptop with 2.3 GHz processor (Intel Core i5-2410M) and supported by NVIDIA’s Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) graphic card (GeForce GT 520M). This analysis showed the importance of taking into account the depth distribution of melanin in designing a multi-layered skin model. Addition of complexity to the model caused only less than two minutes increment of computation time. Increase of melanin concentration reduced the values of diffuse reflectance over the spectrum while the profile of ‘W’ curve became less-defined. Increase of blood concentration also decreased the values of diffuse reflectance (particularly at wavelengths < 600 nm) but the profile of ‘W’ curve became more-defined. Increase of epidermal and dermal thicknesses influenced the diffuse reflectance spectra but not for subcutaneous fat thickness.  

Author Biographies

  • Muhammad Nur Salihin Yusoff, Medical Radiation Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

    Senior Lecturer,

    Medical Radiation Programme,

    School of Health Sciences,

    Universiti Sains Malaysia,

  • Mohamad Suhaimi Jaafar, Medical Physics and Radiation Sciences Research Group, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Professor and Dean,

    School of Physics,

    Universiti Sains Malaysia,

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2016-08-28

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Vol. 78 No. 9: September 2016

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EFFECT OF MULTI-DESIGN SKIN MODEL AND CHARACTERISTIC ON MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF LIGHT-SKIN DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 78(9). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.7605