Characteristics of low-angle x-ray scattering from some biological samples

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2907-2915

  Elshemey, Wael M ^a   Elsayed, Anwar A ^a   El Lakkani, Ali ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLES; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 0032793875     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/12/304     Document Type: Article

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