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Coronary angiography using laser plasma sources: X-ray source efficiency and optimization of a bent crystal monochromator

Författare

  • E Andersson
  • G Holzer
  • E Forster
  • M Gratz
  • L Kiernan
  • A Sjogren
  • Sune Svanberg

Summary, in English

A monochromator has been developed for coronary angiography, comprising a single bent crystal of silicon in Laue transmission geometry. K spectra of laser irradiated solid tin and tantalum (Z=50 and 73, respectively) targets were measured. The high resolution crystal spectrometer resolve the Sn and Ta K alpha doublets, allowing in a proof-of-principle experiment the absolute K alpha photon numbers emitted by the source to be determined. The Ta K alpha yield is measured as a function of the laser pulse energy, allowing an assessment to be made of the suitability of such sources for medical applications. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2001

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

3048-3056

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Applied Physics Reviews

Volym

90

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Ämne

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1931-9401