A simplified approach for computed tomography with an X-ray grating interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1691-1698

  Diemoz, P C ^a,b   Coan, P ^a,b   Zanette, I ^a   Bravin, A ^a,b   Lang, S ^d   Glaser, C ^b,c   Weitkamp, T ^a,e  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOMOGRAPHY;

ACQUISITION TIME; CARTILAGE SAMPLES; CT ACQUISITIONS; IN-VIVO IMAGING; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; PROCESSING METHOD; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; X-RAY GRATING INTERFEROMETERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79851498903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001691     Document Type: Article

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