On-line X-ray focal spot assessment based on deconvolution using standard imaging devices

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 303-317

  Létang, Jean Michel ^a   Peix, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Focal spot size measurement; Image unsharpness; Inverse problem; Radiography; Tomography; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DECONVOLUTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037507655     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(03)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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