In-vivo dark-field and phase-contrast x-ray imaging

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Bruker MicroCT ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG DISEASES; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; X-RAYS;

EID: 84887769711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03209     Document Type: Article

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