A nanotube-based field emission x-ray source for microcomputed tomography

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, J ^a   Cheng, Y ^a   Lee, Y Z ^b   Gao, B ^c   Qiu, Q ^c   Lin, W L ^d   Lalush, D ^b   Lu, J P ^a   Zhou, O ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Xintek Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICROFOCUS X-RAY SOURCES; NANOTUBE-BASED FIELD EMISSION X-RAY SOURCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROELECTRONICS; RESEARCH; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 25844512685     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2041589     Document Type: Article

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