X-Ray diffraction CT of excised breast tissue sections: First results from elettra

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2330-2334

  Griffiths, Jennifer A ^a   Speller, Robert D ^a   Royle, Gary J ^a   Horrocks, Julie A ^b   Olivo, Alessandro ^c   Pani, Silvia ^c   Longo, Renata ^c   Dreossi, Diego ^c   Spencer, Simon H ^d   Robbins, Mark S ^d   Clifford, Damian P ^e   Hanby, Andrew M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d E2V TECHNOLOGIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BREAST TISSUES; CLINICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS; CT IMAGES; DIFFRACTION IMAGES;

TISSUE;

EID: 19944427417     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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