Abstract
Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with x-ray interferometer can depict the minute difference within the biological object, and its sensitivity is about 1000 times higher than that of absorption-contrast method. For biomedical use of this technique, a large monolithic x-ray interferometer and 2 crystal interferometer having a field of view with 25 mm x 25 mm is being developed. Phase-contrast x-ray CT could reveal detail structures within tumor and surrounded tissue, and the vessel imaging of rat liver is also possible using physiological saline at 17.7 keV x-ray energy. Recently, human breast tissues were imaged at 35 keV and the contrast of image was much better than usual absorption contrast x-ray image obtained at 17.7 keV energy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 30-37 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Igaku butsuri : Nihon Igaku Butsuri Gakkai kikanshi = Japanese journal of medical physics : an official journal of Japan Society of Medical Physics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |