Inverse transport with isotropic sources and angularly averaged measurements

Inverse Problems and Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-42

  Bal, Guillaume ^a   Langmore, Ian ^b   Monard, François ^a,c  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Averaged measurements; Complex geometrical optics solutions; Inverse transport theory; Optical tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350274038     PISSN: 19308337     EISSN: 19308345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/ipi.2008.2.23     Document Type: Article

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