X-Ray Transmission and Compton CT Investigation of Some Gastropods from Sassari, Sardinia, in Italy

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-137

  Rao, D V ^a   Cesareo, R ^a   Brunetti, A ^a   Gigante, G E ^b,c   Akatsuka, T ^a   Yuasa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CCD camera; Compto; Doppler broadening; Gastropods; Geometrical efficiency; Images; Solid angle; X ray tube

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); IONIZING RADIATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; X RAY TUBES;

COMPTO; GASTROPODS; SOLID ANGLE;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 1842427742     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CI-120028766     Document Type: Article

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