Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation

Front Matter....Pages ii-xi
Opening Remark....Pages 1-1
Synchrotron Radiation Applications in Medical Research....Pages 2-9
A perspective view of the medical applications of synchrotron radiation in Japan....Pages 10-14
Medical activities of synchrotron radiation in Japan — Intravenous coronary cineangiography —....Pages 15-21
Intravenous Coronary Angiography with Dichromography using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 22-28
First tests on subtraction bronchography study at the Angiography station of the VEPP-3 storage ring....Pages 29-32
Synchrotron Radiation Coronary Angiography with Aortographic Approach....Pages 33-41
Synchrotron Radiation Micro-angiography using an Avalanche-type High-definition Video Camera....Pages 42-53
Perspective for Medical Applications of Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging....Pages 54-62
New Methods of X-Ray Imaging based on Phase Contrast....Pages 63-71
Diffraction Enhanced X-ray Imaging....Pages 72-77
Phase Contrast Imaging in the Field of Mammography....Pages 78-82
Mammography Imaging Using a Harpicon-Based Image Detector....Pages 83-86
Specific Element Imaging by Monochromatic X-ray CT Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 87-94
Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography applied to the Brain: Phantom Studies at the ESRF Medical Beamline....Pages 95-98
Iodine-Filter Imaging System for Subtraction Angiography and Its Improvement by Fluorescent-Screen Harpicon Detector....Pages 99-102
Development of a Monochromatic X-ray Computed Tomography with Synchrotron Radiation for Functional Imaging....Pages 103-110
Contrast Analysis in Coronary Images using 2D Monochromatic X-rays for Optimized Dedicated Synchrotron IVCA System....Pages 111-117
Conceptual design of a medical application radiation source....Pages 118-126
Proposal of very low cost 5–6GeV synchrotron radiation ring for medical use using permanent magnets and aluminum beam pipe without flanges and bellows....Pages 127-133
Fluorescent X-ray Source for Diagnostic Imaging Studies....Pages 134-138
Remarks on the Role of Multilayer Optics and Short Period Insertion Devices for Medical Imaging Sources and Applications....Pages 139-148
Beamlines for Medical Applications on the Spring-8....Pages 149-158
Proposal of a New Beamline, AR-NW2, Dedicated to Medical Applications at the AR....Pages 159-169
Scanning Slit Radiography System with Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 170-174
Accuracy of Attenuation Coefficients in Monochromatic X-ray CT....Pages 175-178
Reconstruction Algorithm for Fluorescent X-Ray CT and Its Application to the Actual Data by Synchrotron X-Ray....Pages 179-182
Closing Remark....Pages 183-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-200