Comparison of finite-difference transport and diffusion calculations for photon migration in homogeneous and heterogeneous tissues

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1285-1302

  Hielscher, Andreas H ^a   Alcouffe, Raymond E ^a   Barbour, Randall L ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THEORY;

ABSORPTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0031901460     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/017     Document Type: Article

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