Front and backside structuring of gratings for phase contrast imaging with X-ray tubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7804, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kenntner, J ^a   Grund, T ^a   Matthis, B ^a   Boerner, M ^a   Mohr, J ^a   Scherer, T ^a   Walter, M ^b   Willner, M ^c   Tapfer, A ^c   Bech, M ^c   Pfeiffer, F ^c   Zanette, I ^d   Weitkamp, T ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MICROWORKS GMBH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

computer tomography; extreme aspect ratio; grating; grating interferometry; LIGA; Phase contrast; talbot effect; talbot interferometer; talbot lau interferometer; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; EXTREME ASPECT RATIO; GRATING; GRATING INTERFEROMETRY; LIGA; PHASE CONTRASTS; TALBOT EFFECTS; TALBOT INTERFEROMETER; TALBOT-LAU INTERFEROMETER;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROFORMING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 78649434710     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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