The Pulsed High-Energy Radiographic Machine Emitting X-Rays (PHERMEX) flash radiographic camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2869, Issue , 1997, Pages 920-928

  Watson, Scott ^a   Kauppila, Todd ^a   Morrison, Louis ^a   Vecere, Carl ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Flash radiography; MCP; Megavolt imaging; Non destructive testing; Radiographic camera; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IONIZATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOSPHORS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CAMERA DESIGN; CAMERA SYSTEMS; FIBER COUPLINGS; FLASH RADIOGRAPHY; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; QUANTUM STATISTICS; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; SUB-MICROSECOND;

HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85077776256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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