Generation of continuous and pulsed diagnostic imaging x-ray radiation using a carbon-nanotube-based field-emission cathode

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 355-357

  Yue, G Z ^a   Qiu, Q ^b   Gao, Bo ^b   Cheng, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Shimoda, H ^a   Chang, S ^c   Lu, J P ^d   Zhou, O ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Applied Nanotechnologies Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GATE VOLTAGES; HUMAN EXTREMITIES; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PULSED X-RAYS; REPETITION RATE; TOTAL EMISSIONS; WAVE FORMS; X RAY INTENSITY; X RAY RADIATION; X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAY TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY PRODUCTION; X RAY TUBES;

FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS;

EID: 79956044491     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1492305     Document Type: Article

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