A quantitative, non-interferometric X-ray phase contrast imaging technique

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 647-661

  Munro, Peter R T ^a   Rigon, Luigi ^b   Ignatyev, Konstantin ^c   Lopez, Frances C M ^b,d   Dreossi, Diego ^e   Speller, Robert D ^c   Olivo, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; PHASE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM; PHASE TOMOGRAPHY; PLANAR IMAGING; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 84872701199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000647     Document Type: Article

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