Enhanced K-edge angiography utilizing a super-fluorescent x-ray generator with a gadolinium-target tube

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6279 PART 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sato, Eiichi ^a   Germer, Rudolf ^b   Obara, Haruo ^c   Tanaka, Etsuro ^d   Mori, Hidezo ^e   Kawai, Toshiaki ^f   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Sato, Shigehiro ^a   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^f CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristic x rays; Gadolinium K lines; Iodine based contrast media; K edge angiography; Quasi monochromatic x rays

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORESCENCE; GADOLINIUM; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY (CR) SYSTEMS; QUASI MONOCHROMATIC X RAYS; X RAY GENERATORS;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247333446     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.725174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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