Multiplexing radiography using a carbon nanotube based x-ray source

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, J ^a   Yang, G ^b   Lee, Y Z ^a   Chang, S ^a   Lu, J P ^c   Zhou, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATED RADIATIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; X-RAY SCANNERS; X-RAY SOURCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

RADIOLOGY;

EID: 33747087252     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2234744     Document Type: Article

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