Improved techniques for measuring x-ray mass attenuation coefficients

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  de Jonge, Martin D ^a   Tran, Chanh Q ^a   Chantler, Christopher T ^a   Barnea, Zwi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic form factor; Mass attenuation coefficient; X ray extended range techniques

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FLUORESCENCE; X RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORM FACTOR; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; X-RAY EXTENDED-RANGE TECHNIQUES (XERT);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 33748589970     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2190647     Document Type: Article

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