Grating-based x-ray phase-contrast mammography [electronic resource] / Kai Hermann Scherer.
2016
RG493.5.R33
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Title
Grating-based x-ray phase-contrast mammography [electronic resource] / Kai Hermann Scherer.
Author
Scherer, Kai Hermann.
ISBN
9783319395371 (electronic book)
3319395378 (electronic book)
9783319395364
3319395378 (electronic book)
9783319395364
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (152 pages)
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RG493.5.R33
Dewey Decimal Classification
618.1/907572
530
530
Summary
This thesis offers an accessible guide to biomedical phase-contrast imaging with over 20 radiographic illustrations. It focuses on research to improve radiography, and particularly mammography applications, by using a novel X-ray imaging modality that exploits the wave-nature of X-rays, rather than just their absorption in tissue. Further, it explores a broad range of potential applications - from the assessment of breast cancer and the evaluation of microcalcification clusters, to the examination of renal stones. X-ray imaging is an indispensable tool in modern medical diagnostics, and ranges from simple radiography applications to advanced CT imaging protocols. This novel phase-contrast approach has the potential to deliver significantly improved diagnostic information, also and especially in cases where mammography is used for screening purposes. The thesis is based on several studies conducted by the author - working in close interdisciplinary cooperation with medical doctors at two university clinics in Munich - and successfully demonstrates this diagnostic potential in pre-clinical experiments.
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"Doctoral thesis accepted by the Technical University of Munich, Germany."
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Experimental Setup & Methods Development
Bi-directional Phase-Contrast Mammography
Screening Value of Phase-Contrast Mammography
Microcalcification Assessment with Dark-Field Mammography
Toward Clinically Compatible Phase-Contrast Mammography
Non-invasive Kidney Stone Differentiation Using Dark-Field Radiography
Summary & Outlook.
Theoretical Background
Experimental Setup & Methods Development
Bi-directional Phase-Contrast Mammography
Screening Value of Phase-Contrast Mammography
Microcalcification Assessment with Dark-Field Mammography
Toward Clinically Compatible Phase-Contrast Mammography
Non-invasive Kidney Stone Differentiation Using Dark-Field Radiography
Summary & Outlook.