Acceleration of Monte Carlo Simulation of Light Transport in Tissues using Disk-Detector Geometry in the Backscattering Problem

A simple and effective method for acceleration of Monte Carlo simulations of light transport in tissues is considered in the backscattering geometry. It is proposed to replace a conventional square detector with a disk-shaped one. This is applicable when a turbid medium is azimuthally homogeneous with respect to the light source and effective at large source-detector separations.