X-ray phase imaging of biological soft tissue using a direct-sensing x-ray HARP tube camera

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2545-2552

  Hirano, K ^a   Miyoshi, T ^a   Igarashi, N ^a   Takeda, T ^b   Wu, J ^b   Lwin, T T ^b   Kubota, M ^c   Egami, N ^c   Tanioka, K ^c   Kawai, T ^c   Wakatsuki, S ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE SHIFT; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE; X RAY CAMERAS; X RAYS;

HIGH-GAIN AVALANCHE RUSHING AMORPHOUS PHOTOCONDUCTOR (HARP); REAL-TIME IMAGES; SYNCHROTRON X-RAYS; TUBE CAMERAS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETER; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFT TISSUE; TUBE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; LIVER; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RATS; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 34249015595     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/9/014     Document Type: Article

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