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

Andersson, E ; Holzer, G ; Forster, E ; Gratz, M ; Kiernan, L ; Sjogren, A and Svanberg, Sune LU (2001) In Applied Physics Reviews 90(6). p.3048-3056
Abstract
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.
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  author       = {{Andersson, E and Holzer, G and Forster, E and Gratz, M and Kiernan, L and Sjogren, A and Svanberg, Sune}},
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  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Reviews}},
  title        = {{Coronary angiography using laser plasma sources: X-ray source efficiency and optimization of a bent crystal monochromator}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5194240/2296992.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.1394904}},
  volume       = {{90}},
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