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MASR—A tradition to develop the future
‘In a world where the use of acronyms to describe concepts has become rather fashionable, MASR has become a signature standing for Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation. MASR is a platform to ...
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Dean Chapman
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Generalized diffraction enhanced imaging: Application to tomography
Abstract: A simple generalization of the diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) technique, called generalized DEI (GDEI), and its application to tomographic imaging are herein presented. In planar imaging...
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Luigi Rigon,
Alberto Astolfo,
Fulvia Arfelli,
Ralf-Hendrik Menk
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S3-S7
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Phase-contrast X-ray tomography: Contrast mechanism and roles of phase retrieval
Abstract: The direct phase-contrast X-ray tomography, which reconstructs tomograms directly from projection phase-contrast images without the phase retrievals, finds many interesting applications for ...
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Xizeng Wu,
Hong Liu,
Amin Yan
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S8-S12
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X-ray phase radiography and tomography of soft tissue using grating interferometry
Abstract: X-ray phase and absorption radiographs and tomograms of the heart of a rat were taken with an X-ray grating interferometer with monochromatic synchrotron radiation at a photon energy of 17.5...
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Timm Weitkamp,
Christian David,
Oliver Bunk,
Jens Bruder,
Peter Cloetens,
Franz Pfeiffer
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S13-S17
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X-ray dark field imaging of human articular cartilage: Possible clinical application to orthopedic surgery
Abstract: Despite its convenience and non-invasiveness on daily clinical use, standard X-ray radiography cannot show articular cartilage. We developed a novel type of X-ray dark field imaging (DFI), w...
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Toshiyuki Kunisada,
Daisuke Shimao,
Hiroshi Sugiyama,
Ken Takeda,
Toshifumi Ozaki,
Masami Ando
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S18-S21
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Phase contrast X-ray imaging for the non-invasive detection of airway surfaces and lumen characteristics in mouse models of airway disease
Abstract: We seek to establish non-invasive imaging able to detect and measure aspects of the biology and physiology of surface fluids present on airways, in order to develop novel outcome measures ab...
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K.K.W. Siu,
K.S. Morgan,
D.M. Paganin,
R. Boucher,
K. Uesugi,
N. Yagi,
D.W. Parsons
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S22-S26
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Shift-and-add tomosynthesis of a finger joint by X-ray dark-field imaging: Difference due to tomographic angle
Abstract: A tomogram of a finger joint showing articular cartilage was generated based on X-ray dark-field imaging (XDFI) using the shift-and-add tomosynthesis algorithm. The experiment was performed ...
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Daisuke Shimao,
Toshiyuki Kunisada,
Hiroshi Sugiyama,
Masami Ando
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S27-S31
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Refraction-based 2D, 2.5D and 3D medical imaging: Stepping forward to a clinical trial
Abstract: An attempt at refraction-based 2D, 2.5D and 3D X-ray imaging of articular cartilage and breast carcinoma is reported. We are developing very high contrast X-ray 2D imaging with XDFI (X-ray d...
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Masami Ando,
Hiroko Bando,
TokikoEndo,
Shu Ichihara,
Eiko Hashimoto,
Kazuyuki Hyodo,
Toshiyuki Kunisada,
Gang Li,
Anton Maksimenko,
Kensaku Mori,
Daisuke Shimao,
Hiroshi Sugiyama,
Tetsuya Yuasa,
Ei Ueno
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S32-S36
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Diffraction-enhanced imaging microradiography applied in breast samples
Abstract: The diffraction-enhanced imaging (DEI) is a powerful tool to observe tumors and other diseases in breast tissue and provide more precise diagnostics. In this work DEI was used to analyze bre...
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H.S. Rocha,
G.R. Pereira,
P. Faria,
G. Kellermann,
I. Mazzaro,
G. Tirao,
C. Giles,
R.T. Lopes
et al.
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S37-S40
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Analyzer-based imaging technique in tomography of cartilage and metal implants: A study at the ESRF
Abstract: Monitoring the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) and the effects of therapy during clinical trials is still a challenge for present clinical imaging techniques since they present intrinsic ...
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Paola Coan,
Juergen Mollenhauer,
Andreas Wagner,
Carol Muehleman,
Alberto Bravin
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S41-S48
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Simultaneous acquisition of dual analyser-based phase contrast X-ray images for small animal imaging
Abstract: Analyser-based phase contrast X-ray imaging can provide high-contrast images of biological tissues with exquisite sensitivity to the boundaries between tissues. The phase and absorption info...
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Marcus J. Kitchen,
Konstantin M. Pavlov,
Stuart B. Hooper,
David J. Vine,
Karen K.W. Siu,
Megan J. Wallace,
Melissa L.L. Siew,
Naoto Yagi,
Kentaro Uesugi,
Rob A. Lewis
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S49-S53
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High-resolution visualization of tumours in rabbit lung using refraction contrast X-ray imaging
Abstract: Contrast enhancement by refraction was used to visualize tumours in the rabbit lung. VX2 tumour cells were intravenously injected into a rabbit. After 14 days the rabbit was euthanized and t...
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T. Sera,
K. Uesugi,
N. Yagi,
K. Umetani,
M. Kobatake,
S. Imai
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S54-S57
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The mammography project at the SYRMEP beamline
Abstract: A clinical program for X-ray phase contrast (PhC) mammography with synchrotron radiation (SR) has been started in March 2006 at the SYRMEP beamline of Elettra, the SR facility in Trieste, It...
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D. Dreossi,
A. Abrami,
F. Arfelli,
P. Bregant,
K. Casarin,
V. Chenda,
M.A. Cova,
R. Longo,
R.-H. Menk,
E. Quai,
E. Quaia,
L. Rigon,
T. Rokvic,
D. Sanabor,
M. Tonutti,
G. Tromba,
A. Vascotto,
F. Zanconati,
E. Castelli
et al.
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S58-S62
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Imaging-therapy computed tomography with quasi-monochromatic X-rays
Abstract: Introduction: Computed tomography (CT) is a widespread and highly precise technique working in the energy range around 50–100keV. For radiotherapy, however, the MeV energy range enables a be...
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Gregor Jost,
Sven Golfier,
Ruediger Lawaczeck,
Hanns-Joachim Weinmann,
Martin Gerlach,
Levent Cibik,
Michael Krumrey,
Daniel Fratzscher,
Johannis Rabe,
Vladimir Arkadiev,
Michael Haschke,
Norbert Langhoff,
Reiner Wedell,
Lutz Luedemann,
Peter Wust,
Hubertus Pietsch
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S63-S68
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Advantages of magnification in digital phase-contrast mammography using a practical X-ray tube
Abstract: Phase-contrast imaging with a practical cone-beam X-ray tube has been realized for clinical use in digital mammography using computed radiography (CR). To perform phase-contrast imaging, the...
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Chika Honda,
Hiromu Ohara
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S69-S72
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Towards the clinical application of X-ray phase contrast imaging
Abstract: Synchrotron-based propagation-based imaging, a type of phase contrast imaging, produces better soft tissue image contrast than conventional radiography. To determine whether the technique is...
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I.M. Williams,
K.K.W. Siu,
G. Runxuan,
X. He,
S.A. Hart,
C.B. Styles,
R.A. Lewis
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S73-S77
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Imaging of lung function using synchrotron radiation computed tomography: What's new?
Abstract: There is a growing interest in imaging techniques as non-invasive means of quantitatively measuring regional lung structure and function. Abnormalities in lung ventilation due to alterations...
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Sam Bayat,
Liisa Porra,
Heikki Suhonen,
Tibor Janosi,
Satu Strengell,
Walid Habre,
Ferenc Petak,
Zoltan Hantos,
Pekka Suortti,
Anssi Sovijärvi
et al.
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S78-S83
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The minimum coronary artery diameter in which coronary spasm can be identified by synchrotron radiation coronary angiography
Abstract: Background: Coronary vasospasm is defined as a temporary, intense narrowing of the coronary conduit artery. It brings about ischemic chest pain and becomes one of the causes of myocardial in...
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Shonosuke Matsushita,
Kazuyuki Hyodo,
Tomohiro Imazuru,
Chiho Tokunaga,
Fujio Sato,
Yoshiharu Enomoto,
Yuji Hiramatsu,
Yuzuru Sakakibara
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S84-S88
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USAXS and SAXS from cancer-bearing breast tissue samples
Abstract: USAXS and SAXS patterns from cancer-bearing human breast tissue samples were recorded at beamline ID02 of the ESRF using a Bonse–Hart camera and a pinhole camera. The samples were classified...
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M. Fernández,
H. Suhonen,
J. Keyriläinen,
A. Bravin,
S. Fiedler,
M.-L. Karjalainen-Lindsberg,
M. Leidenius,
K. von Smitten,
P. Suortti
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S89-S94
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Evaluation of osteoporotic bone structure through synchrotron radiation X-ray microfluorescence images
Abstract: The abnormal accumulation or deficiency of trace elements may theoretically impair the formation of bone and contribute to osteoporosis. In this context, the knowledge of major and trace ele...
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I. Lima,
M.J. Anjos,
M.L.F. Farias,
T.U. Pantaleão,
V.M. Corrêa da Costa,
R.T. Lopes
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S95-S99
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Bone diagnosis by X-ray techniques
Abstract: In this work, two X-ray techniques used were 3D microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) and X-ray microfluorescence (micro-XRF) in order to investigate the internal structure of the bone samples...
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I. Lima,
M.J. Anjos,
M.L.F. Farias,
N. Parcegoni,
D. Rosenthal,
M.E.L. Duarte,
R.T. Lopes
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S100-S103
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Elemental distribution mapping on breast tissue samples
Abstract: The main of this work is to determine the elemental and absorption distribution map in breast tissue samples by X-ray fluorescence and X-ray transmission microtomography. The experiments wer...
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G.R. Pereira,
H.S. Rocha,
M.J. Anjos,
P.C.M.A. Farias,
C.A. Pérez,
R.T. Lopes
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S104-S108
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A comparison of rapid-scanning X-ray fluorescence mapping and magnetic resonance imaging to localize brain iron distribution
Abstract: The clinical diagnosis of many neurodegenerative disorders relies primarily or exclusively on observed behaviors rather than measurable physical tests. One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer dise...
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Richard P.E. McCrea,
Sheri L. Harder,
Melanie Martin,
Richard Buist,
Helen Nichol
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S109-S113
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Dosimetry for a microbeam array generated by synchrotron radiation at SPring-8
Abstract: A microbeam array was formed with a multi-slit collimator (MSC) for research on radiation therapy (MRT). Kodak EDR2 film was used to measure the dose distribution of the microbeam array. The...
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Masami Torikoshi,
Yumiko Ohno,
Naoto Yagi,
Keiji Umetani,
Yoshiya Furusawa
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S114-S117
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Normoxic polyacrylamide gel doped with iodine: Response versus X-ray energy
Abstract: The basis of Synchrotron Stereotactic Radio-Therapy (SSRT) is the incorporation of high atomic number atoms (iodine, for example) into the tumour mass followed by an irradiation with a monoc...
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Jérôme Gastaldo,
Caroline Boudou,
Laurent Lamalle,
Irène Troprès,
Stéphanie Corde,
Albéric Sollier,
Günther Rucka,
Hélène Elleaume
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S118-S120
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Dosimetry intercomparison using a 35-keV X-ray synchrotron beam
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare dose measurements using ion chamber and radiochromic film dosimetry for a 35-keV synchrotron beam useful for Auger electron therapy. A 1.3-GeV electr...
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Scott D. Oves,
Kenneth R. Hogstrom,
Kyungmin Ham,
Erno Sajo,
Joseph P. Dugas
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S121-S125
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Microdosimetry in X-ray synchrotron based binary radiation therapy
Abstract: Synchrotron light offers new radiation treatment strategies including binary therapies, such as photoactivation therapy (PAT) where the photoelectric interaction in a high-Z material leads t...
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R.P. Hugtenburg
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S126-S128
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Microbeam radiation therapy: Tissue dose penetration and BANG-gel dosimetry of thick-beams’ array interlacing
Abstract: The tissue-sparing effect of parallel, thin (narrower than 100μm) synchrotron-generated X-ray planar beams (microbeams) in healthy tissues including the central nervous system (CNS) is known...
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F. Avraham Dilmanian,
Pantaleo Romanelli,
Zhong Zhong,
Ruiliang Wang,
Mark E. Wagshul,
John Kalef-Ezra,
Marek J. Maryanski,
Eliot M. Rosen,
David J. Anschel
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S129-S136
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Monochromatic beam characterization for Auger electron dosimetry and radiotherapy
Abstract: Dosimetry for Auger electron radiotherapy using monochromatic photon beams requires knowledge of beam characteristics. This study characterized a 35-keV photon beam generated at the LSU/CAMD...
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Joseph P. Dugas,
Scott D. Oves,
Erno Sajo,
Kenneth L. Matthews,
Kyungmin Ham,
Kenneth R. Hogstrom
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S137-S141
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Memory and survival after microbeam radiation therapy
Abstract: Background: Disturbances of memory function are frequently observed in patients with malignant brain tumours and as adverse effects after radiotherapy to the brain. Experiments in small anim...
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Elisabeth Schültke,
Bernhard H.J. Juurlink,
Khalid Ataelmannan,
Jean Laissue,
Hans Blattmann,
Elke Bräuer-Krisch,
Alberto Bravin,
Joanna Minczewska,
Jeffrey Crosbie,
Hadi Taherian,
Evan Frangou,
Tomasz Wysokinsky,
L. Dean Chapman,
Robert Griebel,
Daryl Fourney
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S142-S146
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The radiotherapy clinical trials projects at the ESRF: Technical aspects
Abstract: The radiotherapy clinical trials projects, both aiming at treating aggressive brain tumors, require several major modifications and new constructions at the ESRF ID17 Biomedical beamline. Th...
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M. Renier,
Th. Brochard,
C. Nemoz,
H. Requardt,
E. Bräuer,
F. Esteve,
J. Balosso,
P. Suortti,
J. Baruchel,
H. Elleaume,
G. Berruyer,
P. Berkvens,
A. Bravin
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S147-S150
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Enhancement of survival of 9L gliosarcoma bearing rats following intracerebral delivery of drugs in combination with microbeam radiation therapy
Abstract: Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is a form of radiosurgery first dedicated to the treatment of brain tumors. It uses arrays of synchrotron generated X-rays microbeams of very high doses (ty...
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Pierrick Régnard,
Elke Bräuer-Krisch,
Irène Troprès,
Jani Keyriläinen,
Alberto Bravin,
Géraldine Le Duc
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S151-S155
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Synchrotron-based in vivo tracking of implanted mammalian cells
Abstract: We have developed an X-ray imaging protocol that permits 3D visualisation of a small number of implanted cells within bulk tissue. The cells are marked using natural endocytosis of inert gol...
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C.J. Hall,
E. Schültke,
L. Rigon,
K. Ataelmannan,
S. Rigley,
R. Menk,
F. Arfelli,
G. Tromba,
S. Pearson,
S. Wilkinson,
A. Round,
S. Crittell,
R. Griebel,
B.H.J. Juurlink
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