Finite element method for diffusive light propagations in index-mismatched media

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1727-1740

  Lee, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Seunghwan ^a   Kim, Youn Tae ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION IN TISSUES; NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) LIGHT PROPAGATIONS; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 2942741258     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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