Energy-dependent visibility measurements, their simulation and optimisation of an X-ray Talbot-Lau Interferometer

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Weber, T ^a   Bayer, F ^a   Haas, W ^a   Pelzer, G ^a   Rieger, J ^a   Ritter, A ^a   Wucherer, L ^a   Durst, J ^a   Michel, T ^a   Anton, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instrument optimization; X ray mammography and scinto and MRI mammography; X ray radiography and digital radiography (DR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857978764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/02/P02003     Document Type: Article

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