Optical tomography with the equation of radiative transfer

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 443-464

  Klose, Alexander D ^a   Hielscher, Andreas H ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Body systems and organs; Finite element analysis; Image processing; Radiation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 43449084623     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530810853673     Document Type: Article

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