ITissue.GetRefractedDirection Method

ITissue GetRefractedDirection Method

Virtual Photonics - VTS Library

Virtual Photonics

Method to provide refracted direction of photon.

Namespace: Vts.MonteCarlo
Assembly: Vts (in Vts.dll) Version: 1.0.12.0 (1.0.12)

Syntax

C++

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Direction GetRefractedDirection(
	Position currentPosition,
	Direction currentDirection,
	double currentN,
	double nextN,
	double cosThetaSnell
)

Direction GetRefractedDirection(
	Position currentPosition,
	Direction currentDirection,
	double currentN,
	double nextN,
	double cosThetaSnell
)

Function GetRefractedDirection ( 
	currentPosition As Position,
	currentDirection As Direction,
	currentN As Double,
	nextN As Double,
	cosThetaSnell As Double
) As Direction

Function GetRefractedDirection ( 
	currentPosition As Position,
	currentDirection As Direction,
	currentN As Double,
	nextN As Double,
	cosThetaSnell As Double
) As Direction

Direction^ GetRefractedDirection(
	Position^ currentPosition, 
	Direction^ currentDirection, 
	double currentN, 
	double nextN, 
	double cosThetaSnell
)

Direction^ GetRefractedDirection(
	Position^ currentPosition, 
	Direction^ currentDirection, 
	double currentN, 
	double nextN, 
	double cosThetaSnell
)

Parameters

currentPosition: Type: Vts.Common Position
current position of photon

currentDirection: Type: Vts.Common Direction
current direction of photon

currentN: Type: System Double
refractive index of current tissue type

nextN: Type: System Double
refractive index of next tissue type

cosThetaSnell: Type: System Double
cos(theta) of the refracted direction according to Snell's law

Return Value

Type: Direction