In-vivo X-ray Dark-Field Chest Radiography of a Pig

Abstract X-ray chest radiography is an inexpensive and broadly available tool for initial assessment of the lung in clinical routine, but typically lacks diagnostic sensitivity for detection of pulmonary diseases in their early stages. Recent X-ray dark-field (XDF) imaging studies on mice have shown...

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Main Authors: Lukas B. Gromann, Fabio De Marco, Konstantin Willer, Peter B. Noël, Kai Scherer, Bernhard Renger, Bernhard Gleich, Klaus Achterhold, Alexander A. Fingerle, Daniela Muenzel, Sigrid Auweter, Katharina Hellbach, Maximilian Reiser, Andrea Baehr, Michaela Dmochewitz, Tobias J. Schroeter, Frieder J. Koch, Pascal Meyer, Danays Kunka, Juergen Mohr, Andre Yaroshenko, Hanns-Ingo Maack, Thomas Pralow, Hendrik van der Heijden, Roland Proksa, Thomas Koehler, Nataly Wieberneit, Karsten Rindt, Ernst J. Rummeny, Franz Pfeiffer, Julia Herzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05101-w