Performance evaluation of x-ray differential phase contrast computed tomography (PCT) with respect to medical imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4761-4774

  Raupach, Rainer ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; phase contrast imaging; phase contrast tomography; Talbot interferometer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TALBOT INTERFEROMETER; X-RAY INTERFEROMETERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864667363     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4736529     Document Type: Article

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