Benchtop phase-contrast X-ray imaging

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1337-1344

  Gundogdu, O ^a   Nirgianaki, E ^a   Che Ismail, E ^a   Jenneson, P M ^a   Bradley, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological tissue imaging; Free propagation; In line; Phase contrast; X ray

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS SCIENCE; PHASE SHIFT; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGING; FREE PROPAGATION; IMAGING METHODS; SPACE PROPAGATION; X-RAY OPTICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRONS; WASPS; X-RAYS;

EID: 35648993495     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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