Quantitative comparison of imaging performance of x-ray interferometric imaging and diffraction enhanced imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4724-4734

  Akio, Yoneyama ^a   Jin, Wu ^b   Kazuyuki, Hyodo ^c   Tohoru, Takeda ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Interferometer; Phase contrast; X ray

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; X RAYS;

DIFFRACTION-ENHANCED IMAGING; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING; PHASE CONTRASTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION ENHANCED IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING;

EID: 52949132212     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2977543     Document Type: Article

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