Experimental qualification of a novel X-ray diffraction imaging setup based on polycapillary X-ray optics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2564-2570

  Castoldi, A ^a,b   Ozkan, C ^b,c   Guazzoni, C ^a,b   Bjeoumikhov, A ^d   Hartmann, R ^e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH   (Germany)

^e PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlled Drift Detector; polycapillary X ray optics; X ray diffraction imaging

Indexed keywords

COLLIMATION SYSTEM; DETECTION SYSTEM; DIFFRACTION IMAGES; DRIFT DETECTORS; KEY FEATURE; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; POLYCAPILLARY X-RAY OPTICS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION IMAGING;

DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY OPTICS;

X RAYS;

EID: 79953835953     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2057517     Document Type: Article

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