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The physical nature and the fundamental properties of X-ray are described. The technologies of major relevance in micro CT for the production of X-ray, especially stationary anode X-ray tubes, and for the detection of radiographic images, especially digital flat panels, are discussed.
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Molteni, R. (2020). X-Ray Imaging: Fundamentals of X-Ray. In: Orhan, K. (eds) Micro-computed Tomography (micro-CT) in Medicine and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16641-0_2
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