X-ray luminescence and X-ray fluorescence computed tomography: New molecular imaging modalities

IEEE Access

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1051-1061

  Ahmad, Moiz ^a   Pratx, Guillem ^a   Bazalova, Magdalena ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; computed tomography; molecular imaging; x ray tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; SECONDARY EMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84923318888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2014.2353041     Document Type: Article

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