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X‐ray image intensifier
Author(s) -
Balter Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199902)46:2<238::aid-ccd26>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - image intensifier , optics , image (mathematics) , medicine , adaptation (eye) , optical image , physics , computer vision , computer science
The X‐ray image intensifier converts an X‐ray image into a bright visible light image. This enables image recording as well as viewing without dark adaptation. This tutorial describes the construction and function of the image intensifier tube and its associated optics. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 46:238–244, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.