X-ray modulation transfer functions of photostimulable phosphor image plates and scanners

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 5753-5763

  Seely, John F ^a   Holland, Glenn E ^b   Hudson, Lawrence T ^c   Henins, Albert ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT EMISSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCANNING; SPECTROMETERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EDGE SPREAD FUNCTION; IMAGE PLATE DETECTORS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; RESOLUTION TESTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUPERIOR RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; X-RAY ENERGIES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 60649085256     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.005753     Document Type: Article

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