Light Transport Models and Applications

Publications in Journals and Conferences

• Human Skin
• Human Iris
• Snow
• Sand
• Martian Regolith
• Human Blood
• Plant Leaves
• Other

Human Skin

• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  On the Processes Leading to Carotenemia-Elicited Changes in the Spectral Responses and Chromatic Attributes of Human Skin (Errata)
  In: Proceedings of the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Orlando, Florida, USA - July 15 to 19, 2024, pp. 10782225:1-7.

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Varsa, P.M.
  Angiogenesis-elicited spectral responses of early invasive skin melanoma: Implications for the evaluation of lesion progression, (Graphical Abstract)
  Journal of Biophotonics, Volume 17, Issue 10, pp. 2024002081:1-13, October, 2024.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Varsa, P.
  In Silico Assessment of Tanning Masking Effects on Skin Chromatic Attributes Elicited by Anemia and Hyperbilirubinemia (Presentation Slides)
  In: Proceedings of the 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Glasgow, Scotland, UK - July 11 to 15, 2022, pp. 4716-4722.

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  On the Sensitivity of Skin Spectral Responses to Variations in the Thickness of the Cutaneous Tissues (Video)
  In: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Virtual Conference, November, 2021, pp. 4263-4267.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Alencar, P.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  Tanning-Elicited Variations in the Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of the Cutaneous Tissues: Skin Photobiology and Photomedicine Implications (Errata & Video)
  In: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Virtual Conference, November, 2021, pp. 4268-4273.
• Chen, T.F.; Baranoski, G.V.G.;
  A Physiologically-Based Framework for the Simulation of Skin Tanning Dynamics (Preprint, Video & Presentation Slides)
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 10877, Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics XVI: Tissue and Cell Dynamics
  SPIE Photonics West – BiOS, San Francisco, USA
  Eds. V.V. Tuchin, M.J. Leahy, R.W. Wang, March, 2019, pp. 108770H-1-20.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F., Varsa, P.
  On the Effective Differentiation and Monitoring of Variable Degrees of Hyperbilirubinemia Severity Through Noninvasive Screening Protocols
  In: Proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Honolulu, HI, USA, July, 2018, pp. 4981-4986.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F., Van Leeuwen, S.R.
  Unveiling the Impact of Distinct Melanosome Arrangements on the Attenuation of Cancer-Inducing Ultraviolet Radiation
  In: Proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Honolulu, HI, USA, July, 2018, pp. 6153-6157.
• Askew, S.W.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  On the Dysfunctional Hemoglobins and Cyanosis Connection: Practical Implications
  for the Clinical Detection and Differentiation of Methemoglobinemia and Sulfhemoglobinemia
  Biomedical Optics Express, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 3284-3305, July, 2018.
• Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Elucidating the Contribution of Rayleigh Scattering to the Bluish Appearance of Veins, (Supplemental Information)
  Journal of Biomedical Optics, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 025001:1-17, February, 2018.
• Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Identifying the Optical Phenomena Responsible for the Blue Appearance of Veins
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 10367, Light in Nature VI
  2017 Optical Engineering + Applications Conference, Light in Nature VI Program, San Diego
  Eds. Joseph A. Shaw, Katherine Creath, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, pp. 103670F-1-15, August, 2017.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  Elucidating the Biophysical Processes Responsible for the Chromatic Attributes of Peripheral Cyanosis
  In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, July, 2017, pp. 90-95.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  On the Detection of Peripheral Cyanosis in Individuals with Distinct Levels of Cutaneous Pigmentation
  In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, July, 2017, pp. 4260-4264.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Dey, A.; Chen, T.F.
  Assessing the Sensitivity of Human Skin Hyperspectral Responses to Increasing Anemia Severity Levels
  Journal of Biomedical Optics, Volume 20, Issue 9, pp. 095002-1-095002-14, September 2015.
• Chen, T.F.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Melanosome Distribution Patterns Affecting Skin Reflectance: Implications for the In Vivo Estimation of Epidermal Melanin Content
  In: Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Milan, Italy, August, 2015, pp. 4415-4418.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F.
  Multispectral Index for the Remote Detection of Human Skin Signatures (Errata)
  Optical Engineering, Volume 54, Issue 7, pp. 070502:1-3, July 2015.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F.
  On the Identification and Interpretation of Human Skin Spectral Responses Under Adverse Environmental Conditions (Errata)
  In: Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Milan, Italy, August, 2015, pp. 845-848.
• HyLIoS
  Chen, T.F.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Miranda, E.
  Hyperspectral Modeling of Skin Appearance (Supplemental Material & Video)
  ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 34, Issue 3, pp 31:1-31:14, April, 2015.
  (Presented at SIGGRAPH 2015.)
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F.; Kimmel, B.; Miranda, E.; Yim, D.
  On the Noninvasive Optical Monitoring and Differentiation of Methemoglobinemia and Sulfhemoglobinemia (Errata for Fig. 2)
  Journal of Biomedical Optics, Volume 17, Number 9, pp. 097005-1-097005-14, 2012.
• BioSpec
  Krishnaswamy, A.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  A Biophysically-Based Spectral Model of Light Interaction with Human Skin (Errata)
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 23, Number 3, 2004, pp. 331-340.

Human Iris

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Lam, M.W.Y.
  Qualitative Assessment of Undetectable Melanin Distribution in Lightly Pigmented Irides
  Journal of Biomedical Optics, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 030501:1-3, May/June, 2007.
• ILIT
  Lam, M.W.Y.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  A Predictive Light Transport Model for the Human Iris (Errata)
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 25, Number 3, 2006, pp. 359-368.

Snow

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Varsa, P.M.
  Environmentally induced snow transmittance variations in the photosynthetic spectral domain:
  Photobiological implications for subnivean vegetation under climate warming conditions (Errata)
  Remote Sensing, Volume 16, Number 5, pp. 927:1-22, March 2024.
• Varsa, P.M.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Rendering the bluish appearance of snow: When light transmission matters (Errata & Video)
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Volume 44, Number 1, pp. 50-61, January/February 2024.
• Varsa, P.M.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  On the sensitivity of snow bidirectional reflectance to variations in grain characteristics (Video)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 11856, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXIII,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Online Only
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 118560G-1-10, September 2021.
• Varsa, P.M.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  In silico assessment of light penetration into snow: Implications to the prediction of slab failures leading to avalanches (Video)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 11863, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XII,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Online Only
  Ed. K. Schulz, pp. 1186305-1-10, September 2021.
• Varsa, P.M.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.
  SPLITSnow: A spectral light transport model for snow (Errata)
  Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 255, pp. 112272:1-20, March, 2021.

Sand

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Iwanchyshyn, M.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.
  On the Red to Far-Red Ratios of Light Propagated by Sand-Textured Soils (Video),
  Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2021
  Brussels, Belgium, pp. 6443-6446, July 12-16, 2021.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Iwanchyshyn, M.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.M.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.
  Evaluating the effects of distinct water saturation states on the light penetration depths of sand-textured soils (Video)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 11856, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXIII,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Online Only
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 118560U-1-14, September 2021.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.; Iwanchyshyn, M.
  On the Light Penetration in Natural Sands
  Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2019
  Yokohama, Japan, pp. 6933-6936, July 28-August 2, 2019.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.; Iwanchyshyn, M.
  Porosity Effects on the Red to Far-Red Ratios of Light Transmitted in Natural Sands: Implications for Photoblastic Seed Germination (Errata)
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 11149, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Strasbourg, France
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 111490O-1-14, September, 2019.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Varsa, P.
  Assessing the Impact of Porosity Variations on the Reflectance and Transmittance of Natural Sands
  Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
  Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 024522:1-15, June, 2019.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.
  Can Porosity Affect the Hyperspectral Signature of Sandy Landscapes? (Supplemental Information)
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 10428, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VIII
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Warsaw, Poland
  Eds. U. Michel and K. Schulz, pp. 104280S-1-7, September, 2017.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda, E.
  Influence of Sand-Grain Morphology and Iron-Oxide Distribution Patterns on the Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance of Sand-Textured Soils (Supplemental Information)
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  Volume 7, Number 9, pp. 3755-3763, September, 2014.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda.E.; Yim, D.
  Effects of Sand Grain Shape on the Spectral Signature of Sandy Landscapes in the Visible Domain
  Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2013
  Melbourne, Australia, pp. 3060-3063, July 21-26, 2013.
• SPLITS
  Kimmel, B.W.; Baranoski, G.V.G.
  A Novel Approach for Simulating Light Interaction with Particulate Materials:
  Application to the Modeling of Sand Spectral Properties (Errata)
  Optics Express, Volume 15, Issue 15, pp. 9755-9777, July, 2007.

Martian Regolith

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Iwanchyshyn, M.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.
  Exploring the Transmission of VNIR Light Through Martian Regolith (Video),
  Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2021
  Brussels, Belgium, pp. 6155-6158, July 12-16, 2021.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W; Varsa, P.; Iwanchyshyn, M.
  What Can Terrestrial Sand-Textured Soils Reveal About the Composition of Core Materials Forming Martian Regolith?
  Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2019
  Yokohama, Japan, pp. 6015-6018, July 28-August 2, 2019.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda, E.
  Assessing the Spectral Sensitivity of Martian Terrains to Iron Oxide Variations Using the SPLITS Model (Supplemental Information & Errata)
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  Volume 8, Number 7, pp. 3404-3413, July, 2015.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda.E.
  Simulating the Spectral Properties of Iron-Bearing Regions of Mars Using the SPLITS Model (Errata)
  Proceedings of 2014 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2014
  Quebec City, Quebec, pp. 3013-3016, July 13-18, 2014.

Human Blood

• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.;
  Examining the Impact of Sample Thickness Variations on the Hyperspectral Radiometric Responses of Flowing Blood (Presentation Slides)
  In: Proceedings of the 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Glasgow, Scotland, UK - July 11 to 15, 2022, pp. 4727-4730.
• Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.
  In Silico Investigation of the Effects of Hemolysis on the Hyperspectral Absorptance of Blood in Motion
  In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, July, 2017, pp. 2724-2727.
• Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.
  Three-Wavelength Method for the Optical Differentiation of Methemoglobin and Sulfhemoglobin in Oxygenated Blood
  In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),
  Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, July, 2017, pp. 4570-4573.
• CLBlood
  Yim, D.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda, E.
  A Cell-Based Light Interaction Model for Human Blood (Video),
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 845-854, 2012.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS 2012, Cagliari, Italy.)

Plant Leaves

• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Insights into entangled variations in the red edge position and red to far-red ratios of soybean leaves (Presentation Slides)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12727, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXV,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 127270J-1-7, September 2023.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Foliar spectral responses of sugarcane and maize: how comparable are they? (Presentation Slides)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12727, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXV,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 127270V-1-8, September 2023.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Chromatic and numerical approaches for the monitoring of corn plants under moderate water stress (Errata & Presentation Slides)
  Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12262, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXIV,
  SPIE Remote Sensing, Berlin Germany.
  Eds. C.M.U. Neale and A. Maltese, pp. 1226206-1-8, September 2022.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Assessing the Effects of Nutrient Stress on the Red to Far-Red Ratios of Light Transmitted by Unifacial Plant Leaves (Errata & Video)
  Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2020
  pp. 5187-5190, September 26-October 2, 2020.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  On the Asymmetry of the Red to Far-Red Ratios of Light Propagated by the Adaxial and Abaxial Surfaces of Bifacial Leaves (Errata & Video)
  Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2020
  pp. 4878-4881, September 26-October 2, 2020.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.
  Detecting and monitoring water stress in maize crops using spectral ratios obtained in the photosynthetic domain
  Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp. 036025:1-14, 2017.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  In Silico Analysis of Decomposed Reflectances of C3 and C4 Plants Aiming at the Effective Assessment of Crop Needs
  Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 026012:1-13, 2017.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  On the Detection and Monitoring of Reduced Water Content in Plants Using Spectral Responses in the Visible Domain
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9877, Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III,
  2016 Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference, New Delhi, India.
  Eds. A.S. Rajawat and J.M. Chen, pp. 98770N-1-11, April, 2016.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Van Leeuwen, S.R.; Chen, T.F.
  On the Decomposition of Foliar Hyperspectral Signatures for the High-fidelity Discrimination and Monitoring of Crops
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9880, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VI,
  2016 Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference, New Delhi, India.
  Eds. A.M. Larar, P. Chauhan, M. Suzuki and J. Wang, pp. 98800G-1-10, April, 2016.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Chen, T.F.; Kimmel, B.; Miranda, E.; Yim, D.
  On the High-fidelity Monitoring of C3 and C4 Crops Under Nutrient and Water Stress (postprint)
  Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 8524, Land Surface Remote Sensing
  2012 Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference, Kyoto, Japan
  Eds. D. Entekhabi, Y. Honda, H. Sawada, J. Shi, pp. 85240W-1-9, 2012.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Yim, D.
  In Silico Assessment of Environmental Factors Affecting the Spectral Signature of C4 Plants in the Visible Domain (Errata for Table 1) (Errata for Table 3)
  International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 33, Number 4, pp. 1190-1213, February, 2012.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  On the Predictive Modeling of Visible Light Interaction with Fresh and Environmentally
  Stressed Monocotyledonous Leaves
  Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2009,
  Cape Town, South Africa, pp. I 152-155, July, 2009.
• ABM-B and ABM-U
  Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Modeling the Interaction of Infrared Radiation (750 to 2500nm) with Bifacial and Unifacial Plant Leaves
  Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 100, Issue 3, pp. 335-347, February, 2006.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Rokne, J.G.
  A Practical Approach to Estimating the Red Edge Position of Plant Leaf Reflectance
  International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 26, Number 3, pp. 503-521, February, 2005.
• FSM
  Baranoski, G.V.G.; Rokne, J.G.
  Efficiently Simulating Scattering of Light by Leaves
  The Visual Computer, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp. 491-505, 2001.
• ABM
  Baranoski, G.V.G.; Rokne, J.G.
  An Algorithmic Reflectance and Transmittance Model For Plant Tissue
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 16, Number 3, 1997, pp. 141-150.

Other

• Baranoski, G.V.G.
  Hyperspectral Modeling of Material Appearance: General Framework, Challenges and Prospects
  Revista de Informatica Teorica e Aplicada - RITA, Volume 22, Number 2, pp. 203-232, 2015.
• Baranoski, G.V.G.; Dimson, T.; Chen, T.F.; Kimmel, B.;Yim, D.; Miranda, E.
  Rapid Dissemination of Light Transport Models on the Web
  IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Volume 32, Number 3, pp. 10-15, 2012.