Energy determination in industrial X-ray processing facilities

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 241, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 850-853

  Cleland, M R ^a   Gregoire, O ^b   Stichelbaut, F ^b   Gomola, I ^c   Galloway, R A ^a   Schlecht, J ^d  

^a RDI Member of the IBA Group   (United States)

^b IBA Group   (Belgium)

^c IBA Wellhöfer GmbH   (Germany)

^d Sterigenics   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial X ray processing; X ray attenuation factor; X ray energy; X ray energy determination; X ray processing; X ray processing facilities; X ray quality; X ray quality index

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

INDUSTRIAL X-RAY PROCESSING; X-RAY ATTENUATION FACTOR; X-RAY ENERGY; X-RAY ENERGY DETERMINATION; X-RAY PROCESSING; X-RAY QUALITY; X-RAY QUALITY INDEX;

X RAYS;

EID: 28044450616     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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