Unified approach to analytical solutions of three inverse transport problems

With two general sets of surface quadratic equations, analytical solutions are developed for three inverse problems for a homogeneous half space that is uniformly illuminated over its surface. The problems considered are the determination of the mean number of secondaries plus the scattering propert ies of the medium, the determination of the incident illumination, and the determination of a spatially-dependent interior source within the medium. T he results for the latter two problems are only marginally successful. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.