High-resolution CT by diffraction-enhanced x-ray imaging: Mapping of breast tissue samples and comparison with their histo-pathology

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2197-2211

  Bravin, Alberto ^a   Keyriläinen, Jani ^a,b   Fernández, Manuel ^a,c   Fiedler, Stefan ^a,d   Nemoz, Christian ^a   Karjalainen Lindsberg, Marja Liisa ^b   Tenhunen, Mikko ^b   Virkkunen, Pekka ^b   Leidenius, Marjut ^b   Von Smitten, Karl ^b   Sipilä, Petri ^e   Suortti, Pekka ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BREAST TISSUES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEI-CT METHOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34147166493     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/8/011     Document Type: Article

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