3D printing in X-ray and gamma-ray imaging: A novel method for fabricating high-density imaging apertures

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 659, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 262-268

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Moore, Jared W ^a   Barrett, Harrison H ^a   Fryé, Teresa ^b   Adler, Steven ^c   Sery, Joe ^d   Furenlid, Lars R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TechForm Advanced Casting Technology   (United States)

^c A3DM   (United States)

^d Tungsten Heavy Powder   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; 3D rapid prototyping; Lost wax pinhole casting; SPECT aperture fabrication; Tungsten powder casting

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; 3D RAPID PROTOTYPING; LOST-WAX PINHOLE CASTING; SPECT APERTURE FABRICATION; TUNGSTEN POWDER CASTING;

FABRICATION; GAMMA RAYS; PLATINUM; PRINTING; PRINTING PRESSES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TUNGSTEN;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80455164539     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.051     Document Type: Article

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