X-ray phase radiography and tomography of soft tissue using grating interferometry

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages S13-S17

  Weitkamp, Timm ^a   David, Christian ^b   Bunk, Oliver ^b   Bruder, Jens ^b   Cloetens, Peter ^a   Pfeiffer, Franz ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Radiography; Talbot interferometer; Tomography; X ray interferometer; X ray phase contrast

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; GRATING INTERFEROMETRY; MONOCHROMATIC SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TALBOT INTERFEROMETER; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST; X-RAY GRATING INTERFEROMETERS; X-RAY INTERFEROMETERS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY; GRATING; GRATING INTERFEROMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 56549130968     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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