Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  515 / 1228 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 515 / 1228 Next Page
Page Background

2. inhomogeneities

Medium can be of varying density

What changes…?

Our basic equation already accounts for:

Density @ scatter release voxel



V

dVjh

1sc,i

S

iρ = 1scD

j

Density @ energy absorption voxel

The kernel also changes …!

1 )( 1

, 1 ) , 1

exp(

2

1

1

)( 1

1

) ,(

) ,( 1h

dR

sc en r sc

dr

R sc

sc dR

dV R sc

r

r sc

)

(

, 1 ) , 1

exp(

2 )

1(

b

B

sc en r sc

dr en

sc



2

exp

r

r

, 1

1

)

1(

)( 1

sc en d en

sc dR B



, 1

sc

b