First small-animal in-vivo phase-contrast micro-CT scanner

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8506, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pauwels, B ^a   Bruyndonckx, P ^a   Liu, X ^a   Tapfer, A ^b   Velroyen, A ^b   Yaroshenko, A ^b   Bech, M ^b,c   Pfeiffer, F ^b   Sasov, A ^a  

^a Bruker microCT ^*  (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grating interferometer; In vivo; Microtomography; Phase contrast; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

GRATING INTERFEROMETERS; IN-VIVO; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE CONTRASTS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON SOURCES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; SCANNING; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872573701     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.929567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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