A parallel adaptive finite element simplified spherical harmonics approximation solver for frequency domain fluorescence molecular imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4625-4645

  Lu, Yujie ^a   Zhu, Banghe ^a   Shen, Haiou ^b   Rasmussen, John C ^a   Wang, Ge ^b   Sevick Muraca, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENCE; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149354125     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/002     Document Type: Article

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