A 24 keV liquid-metal-jet x-ray source for biomedical applications

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Larsson, D H ^a   Takman, P A C ^a   Lundstrom U ^a   Burvall, A ^a   Hertz, H M ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ELECTRON-IMPACT; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; MICROFOCUS X-RAY SOURCE; PHASE-CONTRAST; PHOTON ENERGY; SPECTRAL BRIGHTNESS; X-RAY SOURCES;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SOURCES; LUMINANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTONS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

LIQUIDS;

GALLIUM; INDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; X RAY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GALLIUM; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIUM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; X-RAYS;

EID: 84855323212     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3664870     Document Type: Article

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