X-ray phase contrast image simulation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Peterzol, A ^a   Berthier, J ^a   Duvauchelle, P ^a   Ferrero, C ^b   Babot, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Deterministic simulation; Phase contrast; Ray tracing; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; X RAY SCATTERING;

DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; PHASE CONTRAST; X-RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33846273840     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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