Imaging fossilised spiders in amber using lab-based phase contrast X-ray tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7804, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McNeil, Andrew ^a   Bradley, Robert S ^a   Withers, Philip J ^a   Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amber; Contrast; Fossils; Phase; Tomography; X ray

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; ANATOMICAL FEATURES; CONTRAST; EDGE CONTRAST; FOSSILS; HARD X-RAYS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; MANCHESTER; NEW SPECIES; PHASE; PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; XRAY IMAGING;

AMBER; IMAGING SYSTEMS; X RAYS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649411986     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.873024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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