Experimental validation of a simple model capable of predicting the phase contrast imaging capabilities of any x-ray imaging system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3015-3030

  Olivo, A ^a   Speller, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFRACTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY RESOLVING DETECTORS; FEATURE DETECTION; MONOCHROMATIC IMAGES; PHASE CONTRAST (PC) IMAGING; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33745085977     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/12/001     Document Type: Article

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