Feasibility study of x-ray diffraction computed tomography for medical imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2911-2923

  Kleuker, U ^a   Suortti, P ^a   Weyrich, W ^b   Spanne, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TECHNIQUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MUSCLES; SHEEP; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031665960     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/10/017     Document Type: Article

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