Using a monolithic X-ray interferometer having the view size of 25 mm x 25
mm, phase-contrast X-ray CT (PCCT) was performed for non-formalin fixed liv
ers of two normal rats and a rabbit transplanted with VX-2 cancer. PCCT ima
ges of liver and cancer lesions resembled well those obtained by formalin f
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