In-line phase-contrast imaging for strong absorbing objects

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6619-6637

  De Caro, Liberato ^a   Cedola, Alessia ^b   Giannini, Cinzia ^a   Bukreeva, Inna ^b   Lagomarsino, Stefano ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; COHERENT SYNCHROTRON RADIATIONS; CONTRAST IMAGES; CONTRAST IMAGING; DEFOCUS DISTANCES; DIELECTRIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; HUMAN BODIES; IN LINES; LABORATORY SOURCES; MATERIAL SCIENCES; MONOCHROMATICITY; MUTUAL COHERENCE FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL THEORIES; PHASE GRADIENTS; PIXEL DETECTORS; POLYCHROMATIC SOURCES; PRIORI KNOWLEDGES; SOURCE SIZES; THEORETICAL MODELS; WIDESPREAD APPLICATIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SIMULATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 58149214167     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/22/021     Document Type: Article

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