A dual detector approach for X-ray attenuation and phase imaging

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  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

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ATTENUATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CLINICAL X-RAY IMAGING; DUAL DETECTORS; PHASE IMAGING;

X RAYS;

EID: 2542452365     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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