X-ray imaging technique for in vitro tissue composition measurements using saline/iodine displacement: Technique optimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-49

  Moreau, M ^a   Holdsworth, D W ^a   Fenster, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; digital radiography; saline iodine displacement; thickness measurement; vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; IODINE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; SALINE/IODINE DISPLACEMENT; VASCULAR IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; IODINE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0031015427     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597916     Document Type: Article

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