Phase contrast X-ray imaging

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 280-297

  Weon, Byung Mook ^a,d   Je, Jung Ho ^a,e   Hwu, Yeukuang ^b,f   Margaritondo, Giorgio ^c,g  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Biomedical Imaging Center   (South Korea)

^e I BIO Program   (South Korea)

^f ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^g Faculty of Basic Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hard x ray; Microradiology; Microtomography; Nanoradiology; Phase contrast; Unmonochromatic beam; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

HARD X-RAY; MICRORADIOLOGY; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; NANORADIOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST; UNMONOCHROMATIC BEAM; X-RAY IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745663728     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnt.2006.009584     Document Type: Article

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