Molecular differential cross sections for x-ray coherent scattering in fat and polymethyl methacrylate

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2551-2560

  Tartari, Agostino ^a   Casnati, Ernesto ^a   Bonifazzi, Claudio ^a   Baraldi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ALGORITHM; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIFFRACTION; FILTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; GLYCERIDES; LIPIDS; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SWINE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031470131     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/12/018     Document Type: Article

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