X-ray fluorescence molecular imaging with high sensitivity: Feasibility study in phantoms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8313, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cao, Guohua ^a,b   Lu, Jianping ^a   Zhou, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube x ray; molecular imaging; x ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; IMAGING MODALITY; SMALL-ANIMAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY SOURCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON SOURCES; IODINE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; X RAY APPARATUS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84860370728     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.911451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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