Lens coupling efficiency: Derivation and application under differing geometrical assumptions

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 565-570

  Yu, Tong ^a   Boone, John M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LENSES; RARE EARTHS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC CAMERAS; EMISSION PROPERTIES; INTENSIFYING SCREEN; LENS COUPLING; LENS COUPLING EFFICIENCY; POINT SOURCES; SCINTILLATING FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; FIBEROSCOPE; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; X RAY;

EID: 0030894680     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598055     Document Type: Article

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