Photon-measurement density functions. Part 2: Finite-element-method calculations

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 34, 1995, Pages 8026-8037

  Arridge, Simon R ^a   Schweiger, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Computer Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Finite element method; Light transport; Near infrared imaging; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHOTONS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS; LIGHT TRANSPORT; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL PARAMETER; PHOTON MEASUREMENTS; TIME-RESOLVED; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84970996719     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.008026     Document Type: Article

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