Simple merging technique for improving resolution in qualitative single image phase contrast tomography

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 27257-27269

  Irvine, S ^a,b   Mokso, R ^a   Modregger, P ^a,b   Wang, Z ^a   Marone, F ^a   Stampanoni, M ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE FUSION; LOW PASS FILTERS; PHASE SHIFTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CURRENT RECONSTRUCTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY INFORMATIONS; IMAGE FUSION TECHNIQUES; PHASE CONTRAST TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ALLOY;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; POACEAE; PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ALLOYS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POACEAE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84919960828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.027257     Document Type: Article

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