Photon-measurement density functions. Part I: Analytical forms

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 31, 1995, Pages 7395-7409

  Arridge, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Light transport; Near infrared imaging; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; INTEGRATED INTENSITIES; LIGHT TRANSPORT; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; TIME-RESOLVED; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 77949678241     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.007395     Document Type: Article

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