GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT CLUSTER ACCELERATED MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF PHOTON TRANSPORT IN MULTI-LAYERED TISSUES

CHAO JIANG; HENG HE; PENGCHENG LI; QINGMING LUO

doi:10.1142/s1793545812500046

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