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Hard X-ray index of refraction tomography of a whole rabbit knee joint: A feasibility study.
Gasilov, S; Mittone, A; Horng, A; Geith, T; Bravin, A; Baumbach, T; Coan, P.
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  • Gasilov S; Institute for Beam Physics and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Eggenstein 76344, Germany; Department of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Garching 85748, Germany. Electronic address: sergey.gasilov@kit.edu.
  • Mittone A; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38043, France; Department of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Garching 85748, Germany.
  • Horng A; Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich 81377, Germany.
  • Geith T; Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich 81377, Germany.
  • Bravin A; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38043, France.
  • Baumbach T; Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Eggenstein 76344, Germany; Laboratory for Application of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Eggenstein 76344, Germany.
  • Coan P; Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich 81377, Germany; Department of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Garching 85748, Germany.
Phys Med ; 32(12): 1785-1789, 2016 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27793538
ABSTRACT
We report results of the computed tomography reconstruction of the index of refraction in a whole rabbit knee joint examined at the photon energy of 51keV. Refraction based images make it possible to delineate the bone, cartilage, and soft tissues without adjusting the contrast window width and level. Density variations, which are related to tissue composition and are not visible in absorption X-ray images, are detected in the obtained refraction based images. We discuss why refraction-based images provide better detectability of low contrast features than absorption images.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X / Articulação do Joelho Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Phys Med Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X / Articulação do Joelho Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Phys Med Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article