Material-specific imaging of atherosclerotic plaque using coherently scattered x rays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 704-712

  Davidson, Melanie T M ^a   Batchelar, Deidre L ^a   Cunningham, Ian A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coherent scatter; Material specific imaging; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TISSUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

MATERIAL-SPECIFIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036034754     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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