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July 14, 2014

New simple setup for X-ray phase contrast
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2014
X-ray phase-contrast imaging can provide high-quality images of objects with lower radiation dose. But until now these images have been hard to obtain and required special X-ray sources whose properties are typically only found at large particle accelerator facilities. Using a laboratory source with unprecedented brightness, scientists from the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) and University College London (UCL) have demonstrated a new appr ... read more

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