Clinical implementation of x-ray phase-contrast imaging: Theoretical foundations and design considerations

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2169-2179

  Wu, Xizeng ^a   Liu, Hong ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CLINICAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY IMAGING; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; POLYCHROMATIC X-RAYS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

DESIGN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THEORY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042389484     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1593836     Document Type: Article

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