1. Novel Edge-Enhanced X-ray Imaging Utilizing MIRRORCLE.
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Hirai, T., Maki, S., Sonoda, Y., Yamada, H., Sasaki, M., and Hasegawa, D.
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X-rays ,IMAGING systems ,ELECTROMAGNETIC waves ,IONIZING radiation ,OPTOELECTRONIC devices - Abstract
Brilliant hard X-rays are produced by the portable synchrotron named MIRRORCLE. The X-ray images taken by MIRRORCLE show enhanced edge effect even with contact imaging. Bodies composed of soft tissues are distinguished in spite of the predominantly hard X-ray components. The imaging mechanism, which is different from the phase contrast, was studied. It was found that the edge effect is partly due to the micron order x-ray source spot size, and MeV region hard X-rays. The characteristic of the medical diagnosis X-ray images and nondestructive inspection X-ray images taken by MIRRORCLE are studied in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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