Inversion of spherical means and the wave equation in even dimensions

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 392-412

  Finch, David ^a   Haltmeier, Markus ^b   Rakesh, ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spherical means; Thermoacoustic tomography; Wave equation

Indexed keywords

EVEN DIMENSIONS; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 36749073265     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070682137     Document Type: Article

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