Translation of Atherosclerotic Plaque Phase-Contrast CT Imaging from Synchrotron Radiation to a Conventional Lab-Based X-Ray Source

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Saam, Tobias ^a   Herzen, Julia ^b,f   Hetterich, Holger ^a   Fill, Sandra ^a   Willner, Marian ^b   Stockmar, Marco ^b   Achterhold, Klaus ^b   Zanette, Irene ^c   Weitkamp, Timm ^d   Schüller, Ulrich ^a   Auweter, Sigrid ^a   Adam Neumair, Silvia ^e   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Pfeiffer, Franz ^b   Bamberg, Fabian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHASE CONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION BEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY TUBE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883617879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073513     Document Type: Article

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