Improved radiography with polycapillary x-ray optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4502, Issue , 2001, Pages 10-18

  MacDonald, C A ^a   Sugiro, F R ^a   Gibson, W M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY SCATTERING;

POLYCAPILLARY X-RAY OPTICS;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0035761896     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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