Development of a two-dimensional imaging system for clinical applications of intravenous coronary angiography using intense synchrotron radiation produced by a multipole wiggler.
A two-dimensional clinical intravenous coronary angiography system, comprising a large-size view area produced by asymmetrical reflection from a silicon crystal using intense synchrotron radiation from a multipole wiggler and a two-dimensional detector with an image intensifier, has been completed. An advantage of the imaging system is that two-dimensional dynamic imaging of the cardiovascular system can be achieved due to its two-dimensional radiation field. This world-first two-dimensional system has been successfully adapted to clinical applications. Details of the imaging system are described in this paper.
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Institute of Material Structure Sciences, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan, and Graduated School for Advanced Sciences, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
Ando
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Oku
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Yamamoto
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Takeda
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Itai
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Ohtsuka
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Sugishita
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Tada
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