Quantification of bioluminescence images of point source objects using diffusion theory models

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3733-3746

  Comsa, D C ^a   Farrell, T J ^a   Patterson, M S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MUSCLE; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGES; DIFFUSION THEORY MODELS; INTRALIPID TISSUE-SIMULATING PHANTOMS; SINGLE POINT SOURCE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DIFFUSION; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 33746506606     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/15/009     Document Type: Article

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