Design of synchrotron light source and its beamline dedicated to dual-energy x-ray computed tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-377

  Torikoshi, M ^a   Tsunoo, T ^a   Endo, M ^a   Noda, K ^a   Kumada, M ^a   Yamada, S ^a   Soga, F ^a   Hyodo, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron density; Monochromatic X ray; Synchrotron radiation; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PHOTON FLUX; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035384704     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1383062     Document Type: Article

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