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A multiple detector array helical x‐ray microtomography system for specimen imaging

Corrigan et al., 1999

Document ID
6167602532359388438
Author
Corrigan N
Chavez A
Wisner E
Boone J
Publication year
Publication venue
Medical Physics

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An x‐ray computed microtomography system for specimen and small animal imaging was built and tested. The system used seventeen 48‐μm‐wide detector arrays (a charge coupled device camera) and helical acquisition techniques. Images were acquired using 540 …
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