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    • Biomedical Optics
    • Computational Biology
    • Medical Imaging

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    • Monte Carlo simulations are crucial for understanding light-tissue interactions.
    • Optical coherence tomography (OCT) simulations require modeling complex tissue structures, including embedded objects.
    • Existing simulation methods can be computationally intensive.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate an improved Monte Carlo simulation method for time-domain OCT.
    • To enhance simulation speed for multilayered tissues with embedded objects.
    • To generate B-scan OCT images of various embedded object shapes.

    Main Methods:

    • Implemented improved importance sampling (IS) for Monte Carlo simulations.
    • Validated the IS method against standard and angular biased Monte Carlo methods for OCT.
    • Performed simulations for multilayered tissues containing spherical, cylindrical, ellipsoidal, and cuboid objects.

    Main Results:

    • The IS method demonstrated a tenfold improvement in simulation speed compared to standard methods.
    • Photon behavior (class I and II) was consistent across IS, standard, and angular biased methods.
    • B-scan OCT images clearly visualized all four types of embedded objects.

    Conclusions:

    • Improved IS significantly accelerates time-domain OCT simulations for biological tissues.
    • The MCEO-OCT simulation tool enables efficient visualization of embedded objects using standard hardware.
    • This user-friendly simulation approach is valuable for diverse biological OCT applications.