Analytical approach for solving the radiative transfer equation in two-dimensional layered media

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 559-564

  Liemert, André ^a   Kienle, Alwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green's function; Integral transforms; Monte Carlo methods; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORM; LAYERED MEDIA; LAYERED MEDIUM; MONTE CARLO; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; REFERENCE FRAME;

FOURIER SERIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GREEN FUNCTION; LAYERED MEDIUM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 84857451458     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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