X-ray imaging with submicrometer resolution employing transparent luminescent screens

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1940-1951

  Koch, Andreas ^a   Raven, Carsten ^a   Spanne, Per ^a   Snigirev, Anatoly ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

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EID: 0000219063     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.001940     Document Type: Article

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