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Principles of X-ray Computed Tomography

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In this chapter, the physical and mathematical principles of X-ray computed tomography are summarised. First, the fundamentals of X-ray physics are covered, with details on generation, propagation and attenuation of X-rays, including a brief introduction to phase-contrast and dark-field imaging. Then, the basics of detection, digitisation and processing of X-ray images are discussed. Finally, the chapter focuses on the fundamentals of tomographic reconstruction and introduces the main reconstruction algorithms.

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    Petr Hermanek, Jitendra Singh Rathore, Valentina Aloisi & Simone Carmignato

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Hermanek, P., Rathore, J.S., Aloisi, V., Carmignato, S. (2018). Principles of X-ray Computed Tomography. In: Carmignato, S., Dewulf, W., Leach, R. (eds) Industrial X-Ray Computed Tomography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59573-3_2

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