Transport through diffusive and nondiffusive regions, embedded objects, and clear layers

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1677-1697

  Bal, Guillaume ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clear layers; Diffuse tomography; Diffusion approximation; Medical imaging; Transport equations; Waves in random media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0036588725     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139900372600     Document Type: Article

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