Quantitative evaluation of attenuation contrast of X-ray computed tomography images using monochromatized beams

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-142

  Tsuchiyama, Akira ^a   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Nakano, Tsukasa ^c   Ikeda, Susumu ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (SPring 8)   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HEAVY METALS; MINERALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

BACK SCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGE; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GARNET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

EID: 12444299019     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1552     Document Type: Article

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