Polychromatic phase-contrast computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3165-3168

  Donnelly, Edwin F ^a   Price, Ronald R ^a   Lewis, Kenneth G ^a   Pickens, David R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Phase contrast

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PHASE CONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; PHASE-CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; X RAY;

EID: 34547404849     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2750967     Document Type: Article

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