Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/v7Q2Vh Grating-Based X-Ray Phase-Contrast Mammography By: Kai Hermann Scherer Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319395364, 331939536X eText ISBN: 9783319395371, 3319395378 Copyright year: 2016 Format: PDF Available from $ 129.00 USD SKU 9783319395371 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.
