Acoustic radiation pressure: A "phase contrast" agent for x-ray phase contrast imaging

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4517-4519

  Bailat, Claude J ^a   Hamilton, Theron J ^a   Rose Petruck, Christoph ^a   Diebold, Gerald J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION; PHANTOMS; PHOTON ENERGY; X-RAY BEAMS;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 8544224918     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1818337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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