Laser-based microfocused x-ray source for mammography: Feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 725-732

  Krol, A ^a   Ikhlef, A ^b   Kieffer, J C ^b   Bassano, D A ^c   Chamberlain, C C ^a   Jiang, Z ^b   Pepin H ^b   Prasad, S C ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

laser based x ray source; mammography; x ray spectra

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON SOURCES; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PINHOLE CAMERAS; X RAY APPARATUS;

BRIGHTNESS DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL MONOCHROMATORS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MAMMOGRAPHIC PHANTOMS; SHORT PULSE DURATION; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LASER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030926274     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597993     Document Type: Article

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