Bismuth tri-iodide polycrystalline films for digital X-ray radiography applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 33-37

  Fornaro, L ^a   Saucedo, E ^a   Mussio, L ^a   Gancharov, A ^a   Cuna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

X-RAY BEAMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0142148274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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