Contrast-to-noise ratios and thickness-normalized, ventilation-dependent signal levels in dark-field and conventional in vivo thorax radiographs of two pigs.

Contrast-to-noise ratios and thickness-normalized, ventilation-dependent signal levels in dark-field and conventional in vivo thorax radiographs of two pigs.

Lung tissue causes significant small-angle X-ray scattering, which can be visualized with grating-based X-ray dark-field imaging. Structural lung diseases alter alveolar microstructure, which often causes a dark-field signal decrease. The imaging method provides benefits for diagnosis of such diseas...

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Main Authors: Fabio De Marco, Konstantin Willer, Lukas B Gromann, Jana Andrejewski, Katharina Hellbach, Andrea Bähr, Michaela Dmochewitz, Thomas Koehler, Hanns-Ingo Maack, Franz Pfeiffer, Julia Herzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217858

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