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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Sandhya<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It can be any unit you need. A source amplitude is equal to 1. Therefore, if you decide that your source emits 123456 photons per mm^3 per second, multiply your results by 123456 and it will be in your source unit. Do the same with any unit you like.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In general, the NIRFAST result can be expressed as the photons fluence rate in [mm^-3s^-1] and no ‘photons’, ‘J’ or ‘W’ is used as this is not needed. The source is of amplitude 1 and photons, Joules or Watts simply scale the result.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Stanislaw Wojtkiewicz, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>School of Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PL style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>University of Birmingham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PL style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>B15 2TT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> vasudevans@chemimage.com <vasudevans@chemimage.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> 02 June 2020 19:14<br><b>To:</b> nirfast@public.kitware.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nirfast] Regarding the NIRFAST source<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Does anyone know what the units of the source in NIRFAST would be? Ex: photons/mm^3, J/mm^3 etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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