X-ray micro-tomography system for small-animal imaging with zoom-in imaging capability

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3889-3902

  Chun, In Kon ^a   Cho, Myung Hye ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^a   Cho, Min Hyoung ^a   Lee, Soo Yeol ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MICRO TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 4544301873     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/17/005     Document Type: Article

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