A new numerical method for BLT forward problem based on high-order finite elements

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-681

  Hou, Yanbin ^a   Tian, Jie ^a,b   Wu, Yan ^a   Liang, Jimin ^a   He, Xiaowei ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence tomography; Diffusion approximation; Forward problem; High order finite elements; Molecular imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION; FORWARD PROBLEM; HIGH-ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 68749087331     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1202     Document Type: Article

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