Development of phase-contrast X-ray imaging techniques and potential medical applications

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-148

  Zhou, Shu Ang ^a   Brahme, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Phase contrast; Phase contrast stereography; Soft tissue contrast; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCELLOUS BONE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIGHT REFRACTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 50049127828     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.05.006     Document Type: Review

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