Solution of the time-dependent diffusion equation for a three-layer medium: Application to study photon migration through a simplified adult head model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Martelli, Fabrizio ^a   Sassaroli, Angelo ^b   Bianco, Samuele Del ^c   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF); GEOMETRICAL MODEL; PHOTON MIGRATION; TIME-DEPENDENT DIFFUSION EQUATION;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; HEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCALP;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCALP; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKULL;

EID: 34248161558     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/013     Document Type: Article

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