Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation

Opening Remark.- Overview.- Synchrotron Radiation Applications in Medical Research.- A Perspective View of the Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Japan.- Clinical Application in Practice or in Approach.- Medical Activities of Synchrotron Radiation in Japan — Intravenous Coronary Cineangiography.- Intravenous Coronary Angiography with Dichromography Using Synchrotron Radiation.- First Tests on Substraction Bronchography Study at the Angiography Station of the VEPP-3 Storage Ring.- Synchrotron Radiation Coronary Angiography with Aortographic Approach.- Synchrotron Radiation Micro-angiography Using an Avalanche-Type High-definition Video Camera.- Imaging.- Perspective for Medical Applications of Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging.- New Methods of X-ray Imaging Based on Phase Contrast.- Diffraction Enhanced X-ray Imaging.- Phase Contrast Imaging in the Field of Mammography.- Mammographic Imaging Using a Harpicon Based Image Detector.- Specific Element Imaging by Monochromatic X-Ray CT Using Synchrotron Radiation.- Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography Applied to the Brain: Phantom Studies at the ESRF Medical Beamline.- Iodine-Filter Imaging System and Intraaortic Fluorescent-Screen Harpicon Imaging System for Coronary Angiography.- Development of a Monochromatic X-ray Computed Tomography with Synchrotron Radiation to Detect Tracer Materials.- Contrast Analysis in Coronaries Images Using 2D Monochromatic X-rays for Optimized Dedicated Synchrotron IVCA System.- Sources and Instruments.- Conceptual Design of a Medical Application Radiation Source.- Proposal of Very Low Cost 5–6 GeV Synchrotron Radiation Ring for Medical Use Using Permanent Magnets and Aluminum Beam Pipe without Flanges and Bellows.- Fluorescent X-ray Source for Diagnostic Imaging Studies.-Remarks on the Role of Multilayer Optics and Short Period Insertion Devices for Medical Imaging Sources and Applications.- Beamlines for Medical Applications on the SPring-8.- Proposal of a New Beamline AR-NW2, Dedicated to Medical Applications at the AR.- Scanning Slit Radiography System with Synchrotron Radiation.- Accuracy of Attenuation Coefficients in Monochromatic X-ray CT.- Reconstruction Algorithm for Fluorescent X-Ray CT and Its Application to the Actual Data by Synchrotron X-ray.- Closing Remark.- Workshop Programme.- Organization.- Acknowledgements.- Participant List.- Key Words List.