Monochromatic flash x-ray generator utilizing a disk-cathode silver tube

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Sato, Elichi ^a   Hayasi, Yasuomi ^a   Germer, Rudolf ^b   Tanaka, Etsuro ^c   Mori, Hidezo ^d   Kawai, Toshiaki ^e   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Sato, Sigehiro ^a   Ichimaru, Toshio ^f   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^g   Onagawa, Jun ^h   Ido, Hideaki ^h  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monochromatic x rays; Rapid imaging; X ray beam filtration; X ray source; X ray spectra; X ray tube

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT SOURCES; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SILVER;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG RAY; DISK-CATHODE SILVER TUBE; MONOCHROMATIC FLASH X-RAY GENERATOR; TURBOMOLECULAR PUMP;

X RAY TUBES;

EID: 33745607644     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2049248     Document Type: Article

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