Dual focal-spot imaging for phase extraction in phase-contrast radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2292-2296

  Donnelly, Edwin F ^a   Price, Ronald R ^a   Pickens, David R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GEOMETRY; OBJECT DETECTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; GEOMETRIC UN SHARPNESS; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; IMAGING PARAMETERS; PHASE EXTRACTION; PHASE-CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; UNSHARP MASKING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXTRACTION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0141520707     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1598672     Document Type: Article

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