Accuracy of the diffusion equation to describe photon migration through an infinite medium: Numerical and experimental investigation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1359-1373

  Martelli, Fabrizio ^a   Bassani, Michele ^a   Alianelli, Lucia ^a   Zangheri, Laura ^a   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034033341     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/318     Document Type: Article

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