Forward solvers for photon migration in the presence of highly and totally absorbing objects embedded inside diffusive media

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

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 460-469

  Sassaroli, Angelo ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^b   Contini, Davide ^b   Torricelli, Alessandro ^b   Spinelli, Lorenzo ^c   Wabnitz, Heidrun ^d   Ninni, Paola Di ^e   Zaccanti, Giovanni ^e   Martelli, Fabrizio ^e  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SET THEORY;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DIFFUSIVE MEDIA; EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; HEURISTIC APPROACH; HIGHER-ORDER PERTURBATION THEORY; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHOTON MIGRATION;

PHOTONS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; TIME;

ABSORPTION; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHOTONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898075590     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.31.000460     Document Type: Article

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