Quantification of microbubble concentration through x-ray phase contrast imaging
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imaging T. P. Millard, a) M. Endrizzi, L. Rigon, 3 F. Arfelli, 3 R. H. Menk, J. Owen, E. Stride, and A. Olivo Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, Malet Place, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, S. S. 14km 163.5, 34012 Basovizza (TS), Italy Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Old Road Campus Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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