Spatially varying optical property reconstruction using a finite element diffusion equation approximation

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 691-701

  Paulsen, Keith D ^a   Jiang, Huabei ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

finite element method; optical imaging; reconstruction algorithm; transillumination

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TISSUE; TRANSILLUMINATION;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACHES; OPTICAL IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION; UNIFIED FORMULATIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029006730     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597488     Document Type: Article

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