Assessment of intraductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) using grating-based X-ray phase-contrast CT at conventional X-ray sources: An experimental ex-vivo study.

Karin HellerhoffLorenz BirnbacherAnikó Sztrókay-GaulSusanne GrandlSigrid AuweterMarian WillnerMathias MarschnerDoris MayrMaximilian F ReiserFranz PfeifferJulia Herzen

Published in: PloS one (2019)

GBPC-CT imaging at conventional X-ray sources offers improved depiction quality for the imaging of breast tissue samples compared to absorption-based imaging, allows the identification of diagnostically relevant tissue details, and provides full three-dimensional assessment of sample margins.

Keyphrases

high resolution
dual energy
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mass spectrometry
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