X-ray microtomography as a fast three-dimensional imaging technology using a CCD camera coupled with a CdWO4 single-crystal scintillator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3149, Issue , 1997, Pages 257-264

  Lee, Heung Rae ^a   Lai, Barry P ^a   Yun, Wenbing ^a   Mancini, Derrick C ^a   Cai, Zhonghou ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Filtered back projection; Scintillator; Three dimensional image reconstruction; Tomography; X ray

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROMETERS; MICROSCOPES; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); REPAIR; RESTORATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAYS;

CCD; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; SCINTILLATOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 0001402778     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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