X-ray phase contrast imaging and noise evaluation using a single phase grating interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 17340-17351

  Rizzi, J ^a   Mercere P ^b   Idir, M ^c   Da Silva, P ^b   Vincent, G ^a   Primot, Jérome ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROGRAMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NOISE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST; X-RAY PHASE CONTRAST IMAGES; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; X-RAY SOURCES;

X RAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOSSIL; INTERFEROMETRY; MOSQUITO; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CULICIDAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84880553014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.017340     Document Type: Article

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