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




