Interface-specific x-ray phase retrieval tomography of complex biological organs

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 7353-7369

  Beltran, M A ^a   Paganin, D M ^a   Siu, K K W ^a,b   Fouras, A ^a   Hooper, S B ^a   Reser, D H ^a   Kitchen, M J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; DISEASED TISSUES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LOW DOSE; PARAXIAL; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; PROJECTION APPROXIMATIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SMALL ANIMAL; STATIC OBJECTS; X-RAY PHASE;

ANIMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RATS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81355164267     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/23/002     Document Type: Article

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