Mass density images from the diffraction enhanced imaging technique

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 549-552

  Hasnah, M O ^a   Parham, C ^b   Pisano, E D ^b   Zhong, Z ^c   Oltulu, O ^d   Chapman, D ^e  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffraction enhanced imaging; Mammography; Radiography; Soft tissue imaging; X ray

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REFRACTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; X RAYS;

BREAST CANCER IMAGING; DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; DIFFRACTION-ENHANCED IMAGING; REFRACTION ANGLES; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 14644403000     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1852794     Document Type: Article

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