X-ray phase-contrast imaging: From pre-clinical applications towards clinics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bravin, Alberto ^a   Coan, Paola ^b   Suortti, Pekka ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; CODED APERTURES; COMPLEX SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; GRATING INTERFEROMETRY; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; IN-VIVO; INNOVATIVE METHOD; PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING; PHASE-CONTRAST; PRE-CLINICAL; PRECLINICAL STUDIES; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84871206969     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/1/R1     Document Type: Review

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