Articular cartilage depicted at optimized angular position of Laue angular analyzer by X-ray dark-field imaging

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 868-874

  Shimao, Daisuke ^a,b   Sugiyama, Hiroshi ^a,c   Kunisada, Toshiyuki ^d   Ando, Masami ^a,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Laue analyzer; Synchrotron radiation; X ray dark field imaging

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; LAUE ANALYZER; X-RAY DARK-FIELD IMAGING;

CARTILAGE;

ANALYZER; ANGULAR ANALYZER; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DARK FIELD IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINGER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTOMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33744538809     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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