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Medical Imaging with Synchrotron Radiation

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The use of Synchrotron Radiation for medical imaging has seen impressive growth in the last decades. The availability of highly coherent, tunable monochromatic X-ray beams, over a wide energy range, makes Synchrotron Radiation an incomparable tool of research for a variety of purposes. This chapter highlights the main achievements and the perspectives of medical imaging research carried out at various Synchrotron Light laboratories.

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I am grateful to A. Bravin (ESRF), F. de Carlo (APS), M. Kitchen (Melbourne Univ.), R.-H. Menk (Elettra), T. Xiao (SSRF), N. Yagi (Spring-8) for their support in the preparation of the manuscript.

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Tromba, G. (2015). Medical Imaging with Synchrotron Radiation. In: Mobilio, S., Boscherini, F., Meneghini, C. (eds) Synchrotron Radiation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55315-8_22

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