On the possibilities of hard X-ray imaging with high spatio-temporal resolution using polychromatic synchrotron radiation

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-441

  Rack, A ^a   Garcia Moreno, F ^b   Schmitt, C ^c   Betz, O ^c   Cecilia, A ^d   Ershov, A ^d   Rack, T ^e   Banhart, J ^f   Zabler, S ^f  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cineradiography; CMOS; digital radiography; microtomography; radioscopy; real time experiment; scintillator; Synchrotron radiation; X ray detector; X ray imaging; X ray phase contrast

Indexed keywords

CINERADIOGRAPHY; CMOS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOSCOPY; REAL-TIME EXPERIMENT; SCINTILLATOR; X RAY PHASE CONTRAST; X-RAY DETECTOR; XRAY IMAGING;

DETECTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; RADIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON; VIDEORECORDING;

RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78650803777     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0273     Document Type: Article

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