Photon diffusion in a homogeneous medium bounded externally or internally by an infinitely long circular cylindrical applicator. I. Steady-state theory

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 648-662

  Zhang, Anqi ^a   Piao, Daqing ^a   Bunting, Charles F ^a   Pogue, Brian W ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; CYLINDER DIAMETERS; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMAGE SOURCE; MODIFIED BESSEL FUNCTION; PHOTON DIFFUSION; PHOTON FLUENCE; SEMI-INFINITE GEOMETRY; SOURCE-DETECTOR DISTANCE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STEADY-STATE THEORY; TIME-RESOLVED ANALYSIS;

PHOTONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77949564491     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.000648     Document Type: Article

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