The finite size of the focal spot of an x-ray tube produces a penumbra in x-ray images. Optical spatial-filtering techniques are being developed to compensate for penumbral effects in medical x-ray photographs and thereby improve the contrast and resolution. The first known successful results on x-ray images are described.
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