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. 2015 Aug 13;16(Suppl 11):S8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-16-S11-S8

Table 1.

Summary for all the important symbols appeared in the text

λex Excitation wavelength
λ Emission wavelength
p Point in the 3D space
ps Point on the detector surface
ω Incoming direction
ω′ Scattering direction
S Source term of the RTE
fex Fluorophore excitation spectrum
fem Fluorophore emission spectrum
Lve Radiance emitted from point p
Li Incoming radiance to point p
I Light flux
IϕA Light flux density
σs Scattering coefficient
σ Absorption cross section
p Phase function
ϕ Quantum yield