Phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography for observing biological soft tissues

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-475

  Momose, Atsushi ^a   Takeda, Tohoru ^b   Itai, Yuji ^b   Hirako, Keiichi ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIVER CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DEGENERATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RABBITS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029954434     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0496-473     Document Type: Article

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