A nonrotating multiparameter 3-D X-ray imaging system-Part II: design and experiments

Author

Jama, Hassan A. ; Hussein, Esam M A ; Khettabi, F.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

648

Lastpage

658

Abstract

The design aspects of a 3-D X-ray imaging system that eliminates the rotation process associated with tomographic systems are discussed. The processes of selecting the proper X-ray voltage and the beam configuration are addressed. A rectilinear scanning mechanism is introduced. The choice and design of detector assemblies are described. The paper presents the results of experiments devised to progressively test the performance and response of the system.

Keywords

Compton effect; X-ray imaging; particle detectors; radioactive sources; Compton scattering; X-ray sources; X-ray voltage; beam configuration; design aspect; detector assemblies; nonrotating multiparameter 3-D X-ray imaging system; rectilinear scanning mechanism; rotation process; tomographic system; Collimators; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy measurement; Object detection; Particle scattering; Tomography; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging; X-ray scattering; -D imaging; Compton scattering; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2004.829602

Filename

1310578