X-ray phase sensitive imaging methods: Basic physical principles and potential medical applications

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Chen, Guang Hong ^a,b   Zambelli, Joseph ^a,b   Bevins, Nicholas ^a,b   Qi, Zhihua ^a,b   Li, Ke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; DEI; In line holography; Phase contrast; X ray interferometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT REFRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; X RAY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77955808401     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340510791268533     Document Type: Article

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