An experimental method of determining relative phase-contrast factor for x-ray imaging systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 997-1002

  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

X RAY TUBES;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; MICRO-FOCUS X-RAY TUBES; PHASE CONTRASTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM; X-RAY BEAM HARDENINGS; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PHASE CONTRAST FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM;

EID: 2442659089     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1688213     Document Type: Article

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