Improving image quality of x-ray in-line phase contrast imaging using an image restoration method

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23460-23468

  Guo, Xue Jun ^a   Liu, Xiao Lin ^a   Ni, Chen ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Huang, Shi Ming ^a   Gu, Mu ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTORATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPENSATION ALGORITHM; DEBLURRING; DEGRADATION MODEL; EDGE INFORMATION; EVALUATION PARAMETERS; FAST WAVELET TRANSFORM; FOURIER DOMAINS; HIGH COSTS; HIGH QUALITY IMAGES; IMAGE RESTORATION ALGORITHMS; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST; MODIFIED ALGORITHMS; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RINGING ARTIFACTS; TRANSFORM FUNCTION; WAVELET DOMAIN;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 80755181010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023460     Document Type: Article

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