Phase contrast micro-CT with an ultrafast laser-based hard x-ray source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5918, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Toth, R ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   Krol, A ^b   Fourmaux, S ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Ye, H ^b   Kincaid Jr , R E ^b   Rakhman, A ^b  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; X RAYS;

CONTRAST RESOLUTION; PHASE CONTRAST; X-RAY SOURCES;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 30844442777     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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