Deconvolution of x-ray phase contrast images as a way to retrieve phase information lost due to insufficient resolution

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Olivo, A ^a   Speller, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DETECTOR RESOLUTION; FILTER PARAMETER; FOURIER SPACE; FREE SPACE PROPAGATION; IMAGE NOISE; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE INFORMATION; PHASE SIGNALS; SECONDARY PHASE; SOURCE SIZES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY; X-RAY PHASE CONTRAST IMAGES; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

CONVOLUTION; DECONVOLUTION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY; ALGORITHM; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY; X-RAYS;

EID: 70349773421     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/N02     Document Type: Article

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