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Modeling photon migration in tissues with the coupled radiative transfer equation and diffusion approximation

Tanja Tarvainen, Marko Vauhkonen, Ville Kolehmainen, Jari P. Kaipio, Juha Heiskala, Simon Arridge

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Light propagation is modeled with the radiative transfer equation in sub-domains in which the assumptions of the diffusion approximation are not valid. The diffusion approximation is used elsewhere in the domain.

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Light propagation is modeled with the radiative transfer equation in sub-domains in which the assumptions of the diffusion approximation are not valid. The diffusion approximation is used elsewhere in the domain.

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Light propagation is modeled with the radiative transfer equation in sub-domains in which the assumptions of the diffusion approximation are not valid. The diffusion approximation is used elsewhere in the domain.

Key concepts: Photon diffusion, Heavy traffic approximation, Photon transport in biological tissue, Radiative transfer, Diffusion equation, Diffusion, Photon, Physics

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