Three-dimensional simulation of near-infrared diffusion in tissue: Boundary condition and geometry analysis for finite-element image reconstruction

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 588-600

  Pogue, Brian W ^a   Geimer, Shireen ^a   Mc Bride, Troy O ^a   Jiang, Shudong ^a   Österberg, Ulf L ^a   Paulsen, Keith D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

NEAR-INFRARED DIFFUSION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0001563770     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000588     Document Type: Article

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