High-speed enhanced K-edge angiography utilizing cerium plasma x-ray generator

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Sato, Eiichi ^a   Tanaka, Etsuro ^b   Mori, Hidezo ^c   Kawai, Toshiaki ^d   Sato, Shigehiro ^a   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^e  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerium target; Characteristic x ray; K edge angiography; Plasma x ray; Weakly ionized cerium plasma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; IONS; LASER PULSES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; TRIODES; X RAY TUBES;

CERIUM TARGET; CHARACTERISTIC X RAY; K-EDGE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLASMA X RAY; WEAKLY IONIZED CERIUM PLASMA;

OPTICS;

EID: 22944443554     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1882372     Document Type: Article

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