A comparison between transport and diffusion calculations using a finite element-spherical harmonics radiation transport method

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2013-2023

  Aydin, E D ^a   De Oliveira, C R E ^b   Goddard, A J H ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic scattering; Boltzmann transport equation; Finite elements; Photon migration; Spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPHERES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION IN TISSUE; PHOTON MIGRATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSIONS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

MUS;

EID: 0036734322     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1500404     Document Type: Article

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