Quantitative characterization of the x-ray imaging capability of rotating modulation collimators with laser light

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 34, 1996, Pages 6714-6726

  Gaither, C C ^a,b   Schmahl, E J ^a,c   Crannell, C J ^a   Dennis, B R ^a   Lang, F L ^a,d   Orwig, L E ^a   Hartman, C N ^a   Hurford, G J ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Fourier transform imaging; Imaging systems; Laser; Optical testing; Rotating modulation collimators; X ray imagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041894528     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006714     Document Type: Article

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