Producing parallel x rays with a bent-crystal monochromator and an x-ray tube

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1931-1936

  Zhong, Z ^a   Dilmanian, F A ^a   Bacarian, T ^a   Zhong, N ^a   Chapman, D ^b   Ren, B ^a   Wu, X Y ^a   Weinmann, H J ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Monochromatic x ray; Monochromator; Parallel beam

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; MONOCHROMATORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

BENT CRYSTALS; FAN BEAMS; LAUE MONOCHROMATORS; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; PARALLEL BEAMS; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY TUBE;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0034800792     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1395024     Document Type: Article

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