Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-137

  Pfeiffer, F ^a,b   Bech, M ^c   Bunk, O ^a   Kraft, P ^a   Eikenberry, E F ^a   Bronnimann Ch ^a   Grunzweig C ^a   David, C ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

CONTRAST MODALITIES; DARK-FIELD IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 38549083797     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2096     Document Type: Article

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