A micro-tomography method based on X-ray diffraction enhanced imaging for the visualization of micro-organs and soft tissues

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 339-347

  Gao, Xin ^a,b   Luo, Shunqian ^a,b   Yin, Hongxia ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Xu, Maolin ^d   Yuan, Qingxi ^c   Gao, Xiulai ^a   Zhu, Peiping ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d BEIJING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cochlea of guinea pig; Diffraction enhanced imaging; High resolution; Liver tissues; Micro tomography; Phase contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROMETERS; MICROORGANISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANGULAR DEVIATIONS; COCHLEA OF GUINEA PIG; DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COCHLEA; GUINEA PIG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTION INDEX; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISCERA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33750963810     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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