Combined mixed approach algorithm for in-line phase-contrast x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3817-3827

  De Caro, Liberato ^a,b   Scattarella, Francesco ^b,c   Giannini, Cinzia ^a,b   Tangaro, Sabina ^b   Rigon, Luigi ^b   Longo, Renata ^b,d   Bellotti, Roberto ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

phase retrieval; x ray phase contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST; NORMALIZED MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PHASE CONTRAST DATA; PHASE RETRIEVAL; PHASE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; TRANSPORT OF INTENSITY; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 77954744288     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3447727     Document Type: Article

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