Influence of imaging geometry on noise texture in quantitative in-line X-ray phase-contrast imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 14466-14480

  Chou, Cheng Ying ^a   Anastasio, Mark A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICS;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; IMAGING GEOMETRY; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; REFRACTIVE PROPERTIES; SECOND ORDER STATISTICS; STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAYS;

EID: 69049117317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014466     Document Type: Article

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