Grating-based phase contrast tomosynthesis imaging: Proof-of-concept experimental studies

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Ke ^a   Ge, Yongshuai ^a   Garrett, John ^a   Bevins, Nicholas ^a   Zambelli, Joseph ^a   Chen, Guang Hong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

digital tomosynthesis; Talbot Lau interferometer; x ray phase contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST; DIGITAL FLAT PANEL DETECTOR; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; SYSTEM CHARACTERIZATION; TALBOT-LAU INTERFEROMETER; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GRATING BASED PHASE CONTRAST TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETER; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY TUBE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84892184730     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4835455     Document Type: Article

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