Field emission arrays for medical x-ray imaging

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Schwoebel, P R ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION ARRAYS; MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY SPECTRA;

ELECTRON BEAMS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; MOLYBDENUM; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33645148613     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186388     Document Type: Article

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