DocumentCode
819441
Title
Axial Scanning with 900 MeV Alpha Particles
Author
Crowe, K.M. ; Budinger, T.F. ; Cahoon, J.L. ; Elischer, V.P. ; Huesman, R.H. ; Kanstein, L.L.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720
Volume
22
Issue
3
fYear
1975
fDate
6/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1752
Lastpage
1754
Abstract
High energy (fast) alpha particles can be used for nondestructive radiography of the human body because small electron density changes are reflected in measurable alpha particle energy changes. Using high resolution radiation detectors and computer techniques for transaxial reconstruction, it is possible to present information that is not available from conventional radiographs with doses one-tenth that required for photon scanning procedures incorporated in the EMI or similar scanners.
Keywords
Alpha particles; Density measurement; Electrons; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Humans; Optical computing; Particle measurements; Radiation detectors; Radiography;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1975.4327983
Filename
4327983
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