A new diffusion approximation to the radiative transfer equation for scattering media with spatially varying refractive indices

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Khan, Taufiquar ^a   Jiang, Huabei ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Radiative transfer; Random media

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY; VECTORS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0037346380     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/2/310     Document Type: Article

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