Angular dispersive diffraction microCT of small breast tissue samples

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Griffiths, J A ^a   Royle, G J ^a   Horrocks, J A ^b   Hanby, A M ^c   Pani, S ^a   Speller, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast tissue; Coherent scatter; Diffraction microCT; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BREAST TISSUE; COHERENT SCATTER; DIFFRACTION MICROCT; X RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; TISSUE TYPES;

EID: 39149136198     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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