Locating of macro-inhomogeneity in random turbid medium by using artificial neural networks

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 337-340

  Kovaleva, A V ^a   Veksler, B A ^a   Maksimova, I L ^b   Meglinski, I V ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Back scattering; Monte Carlo method; Random media; Single and multiply scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548220909     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200610100     Document Type: Article

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