Direct thickness calibration: Way to radiographic study of soft tissues

Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 9th Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 773-778

  Vavrik, Daniel ^a,b   Holy, Tomas ^a   Jakubek, Jan ^a   Pospisil, Stanislav ^a   Vykydal, Zdenek ^a   Dammer, Jiri ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM HARDENING CORRECTION; BEAM HARDENING EFFECTS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; LOW CONTRAST; RADIOGRAPHIC STUDIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERY LOW NOISE; X-RAY TUBE SPECTRUM;

HARDENING; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885796131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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