Solutions to the transport equation using variable order angular basis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5859, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Wright, Stephen ^a   Schweiger, Martin ^a   Arridge, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Mixed order; Pn approximation; Photon transport

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SOLUTIONS;

MIXED ORDER; PN APPROXIMATION; PHOTON TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION (RTE); TRANSPORT EQUATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 28844488307     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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