Stationary x-ray source for tomographic medical imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schwoebel, P R ^a   Boone, J M ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold cathodes; X ray source

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMAGING; EMISSION CURRENTS; STATIONARY X-RAY SOURCE; X-RAY SOURCE;

COLD CATHODE TUBES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON EMISSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; X RAY TUBES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745346217     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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