A computed tomography implementation of multiple-image radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-289

  Brankov, Jovan G ^a   Wernick, Miles N ^a   Yang, Yongyi ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Muehleman, Carol ^b   Zhong, Zhong ^c   Anastasio, Mark A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction enhanced imaging; Image reconstruction; Synchrotron radiation; X ray phase contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYZER-BASED IMAGING; DIFFRACTION-ENHANCED IMAGING; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; SYNCHROTON RADIATION; ULTRA-SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERINGS; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

EID: 31844433469     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2150788     Document Type: Article

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