Laboratory-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging technique for material and medical science applications

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1083-1090

  Kashyap, Yogesh S ^a   Yadav, P S ^a   Roy, Tushar ^a   Sarkar, P S ^a   Shukla, M ^a   Sinha, Amar ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CCD detector; Microfocus source; X ray phase contrast

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CCD DETECTORS; MICROFOCUS SOURCE; X-RAY PHASE CONTRAST;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDICINE; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE; X RAY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; BEES; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSPHERES; PLANT LEAVES; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAYS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 44449146897     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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