Image reconstruction in quantitative X-ray phase-contrast imaging employing multiple measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 10002-10025

  Chou, Cheng Ying ^a   Huang, Yin ^a   Shi, Daxin ^a   Anastasio, Mark A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

NOISE AMPLIFICATION; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34547818175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010002     Document Type: Article

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