Contrast and resolution in direct Fresnel diffraction phase-contrast imaging with partially coherent x-ray source

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 75, Issue 10 I, 2004, Pages 3146-3151

  Han, Shensheng ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Cheng, Jing ^a   Gao, Chen ^b   Luo, Zhenlin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

COHERENT X-RAY SOURCES; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 9744226462     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790560     Document Type: Article

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