Equations for the transport of scerma
1. I need to be efficient
∆r
generated at each point along a
transport line
1
θ
∆r
2
Under the collapsed cone approximation:
•
Scerma does not vary with θ within ΔΩ
r
1
2
(Bθ, bθ constant along transport line)
and scerma generated, emitted and
absorbed along transport line
and assuming:
•
Scerma generated per unit r is constant
Averaging
scerma from voxel 1, over points
ithi Δ 2
i
l 2
within the same voxel (scerma does not
vary considerably within voxels)
'
2Δr r
)]'
exp(
)]1
exp(
1[
1sc,1 S
ρ2
ρ1
'
2Δr r
211scD
dr rb
r b
b
B
dr
w n r
n voxe :
)]2
exp(
1)][1
exp(
1)[
exp(
1sc 1 S ρ1
2Δr
r
2Δr
r
211scD
r b
r b
rb
B
2
2 ,
ρ2
r b




