Microbubbles as a scattering contrast agent for grating-based x-ray dark-field imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Velroyen, A ^a   Bech, M ^a,b   Malecki, A ^a   Tapfer, A ^a   Yaroshenko, A ^a   Ingrisch, M ^c   Cyran, C C ^c   Auweter, S D ^c   Nikolaou, K ^c   Reiser, M ^c   Pfeiffer, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NUMBERS; ATTENUATION CONTRAST; BIOMEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING; COHERENT X-RAY SCATTERING; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DARK-FIELD; DETECTOR RESOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; MICROBUBBLES; PHASE CONTRASTS; PIXEL SIZE; SCATTERING CONTRAST; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; X-RAY DARK FIELD IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGE; XRAY IMAGING;

ATOMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IODINE; X RAY TUBES;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROBUBBLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; X-RAYS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873686874     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/N37     Document Type: Article

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