Published 1982 | Version v1
Book

Charged-particle radiography and computerized tomography

  • 1. San Francisco Univ., CA (USA)
  • 2. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
  • 3. Bristol Univ. (UK). H.H. Wills Physics Lab.

Description

Charged-particle radiography and computerized tomography are being developed for the medical diagnostic imaging of tumors and other abnormalities which result in tissue density differences. Beams of high-energy carbon and neon particles accelerated by the Berkeley Bevalac are being used in conjunction with nuclear track detectors. It has been demonstrated that these methods are feasible and are capable of high resolution. Differences in tissue densities as small as 0.2% have been detected and measured. Comparison between heavy-ion CT images and X-ray CT images are discussed. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Pergamon.
Imprint Place
Oxford
ISBN
0-08-026509-X
Imprint Title
Solid state nuclear track detectors
Imprint Pagination
958 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 661-666.

Conference

Title
11. international conference on solid state nuclear track detectors.
Dates
7 - 12 Sep 1981.
Place
Bristol, UK.

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Supplement 3. to nuclear tracks, methods, instruments and applications.