Weakly ionized cerium plasma radiography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5210, Issue , 2004, Pages 12-21

  Sato, Eiichi ^a   Hayasi, Yasuomi ^a   Germer, Rudolf ^b   Koorikawa, Yoshitake ^a   Murakami, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Etsuro ^c   Mori, Hidezo ^d   Kawai, Toshiaki ^e   Ichimaru, Toshio ^f   Obata, Fumiko ^a   Takahashi, Kiyomi ^a   Sato, Sigehiro ^a   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^g   Ido, Hideaki ^h  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerium target; Characteristic x ray; High contrast angiography; Plasma x ray; Weakly ionized cerium plasma

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUBES; EVAPORATION; IONIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; X RAYS;

CERIUM TARGETS; CHARACTERISTIC X-RAYS; HIGH CONTRAST ANGIOGRAPHY; PLASMA X-RAYS; WEAKLY IONIZED CERIUM PLASMA;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 11144355744     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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