High-resolution brain tumor visualization using three-dimensional x-ray phase contrast tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6923-6930

  Pfeiffer, F ^a,b   Bunk, O ^a   David, C ^a   Bech, M ^c   Le Duc, G ^d   Bravin, A ^d   Cloetens, P ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN TUMORS; GRAY BRAIN MATTER; TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; X-RAY PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE; WHITE MATTER; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLIOSARCOMA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 36348971189     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/23/010     Document Type: Article

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