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2. inhomogeneities

Medium can be of varying material

(different elemental composition

d Z ff)

an e

This affects cross sections

and hence B

θ

b

θ

, 1 ) , 1

exp(

2

1

1

)( 1

1

) ,(

) ,( 1h

sc en r sc

dr

R sc

sc dR

dV R sc

r

r sc

,

, 1 ) , 1

exp(

2

1

)

1(

)( 1

sc en r sc

dr en

sc dR



Can’t we scale the kernel?

Yes and different approaches have

2

)

exp(

r

rb

B

appeared in the literature.

, 1

1

)

1(

)( 1

sc en d en

sc dR B



ACE scales attenuation and absorption

voxel-wise according to:

m

, 1

sc

b

sc b

w

sc

w

m bmb

1

, 1

sc b

m

sc en

w

m BmB

1

, 1

w