Positron imaging studies of rotating drums

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-87

  Parker, David J ^a   Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Forster, Robin N G ^a   Fowles, Peter ^a   Ding, Yulong ^a   Seville, Jonathan P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Particle tracking; PERT; PET; Radioactive tracers; Rotating drums

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; ROTATING MACHINERY; SAND;

PARTICULATE MOTION; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); POSITRON IMAGING; ROTATING DRUMS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGING METHOD;

EID: 18644368900     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830115     Document Type: Article

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