TIME-GATED IMAGING WITH AN ULTRASHORT-PULSE, LASER-PRODUCED-PLASMA X-RAY SOURCE

Authors
GORDON CL YIN GY LEMOFF BE BELL PM BARTY CPJ
Citation
Cl. Gordon et al., TIME-GATED IMAGING WITH AN ULTRASHORT-PULSE, LASER-PRODUCED-PLASMA X-RAY SOURCE, Optics letters, 20(9), 1995, pp. 1056-1058
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1056 - 1058
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:9<1056:TIWAUL>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We demonstrate a contrast improvement of nearly a factor of 5 in a pha ntom medical x-ray image, using time-gated detection. This improvement is accomplished by temporal discrimination against scattered x-ray fl ux and may permit a significant reduction in patient x-ray exposure. A multiterawatt ultrashort-pulse laser-produced-plasma x-ray source (<1 ps) and a time-gated microchannel plate detector (similar to 100 ps) are used.