Anode heel effect: Does it impact image quality in digital radiography? A systematic literature review

MW Kusk, JM Jensen, EH Gram, J Nielsen, H Precht - Radiography, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The anode heel effect can be used to optimize image quality and/or patient
dose in digital radiography (DR). In film-screen radiography, the effect can equalize optical …

Quantitative characterization of carbonation of cement-based materials using X-ray imaging

S Hong, R Jiang, F Zheng, S Fan, B Dong - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbonation is one of the causes of concrete deterioration. In this study, the carbonation
process of cement was studied using non-destructive X-ray imaging technology, offering a …

Precise image-guided irradiation of small animals: a flexible non-profit platform

F Tillner, P Thute, S Löck, A Dietrich… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Preclinical in vivo studies using small animals are essential to develop new therapeutic
options in radiation oncology. Of particular interest are orthotopic tumour models, which …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of hardware effects of an on-line Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry scanner when predicting lamb carcass composition

SL Connaughton, A Williams, F Anderson, KR Kelman… - Meat science, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract An on-line Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scanner's tissue composition
prediction precision and accuracy was tested across the entire height of the unit's detector …

Rapid visualization and quantification of water penetration into cement paste through cracks with X-ray imaging

F Zheng, S Hong, D Hou, B Dong, Z Kong… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid ingress of water into concrete through cracks endangers the durability of concrete
structures. In this study, X-ray radiography was employed to monitor the capillary absorption …

Visualization and quantification of water penetration in cement pastes with different crack sizes

F Zheng, R Jiang, B Dong, S Hong, Y Zhang… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Cracks promote the rapid ingress of water into concrete and shorten the service life of
concrete structures. As different deterioration factors form cracks of different sizes, it is …

Production of x-rays using x-ray tube

S Prabhu, DK Naveen, S Bangera… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
X-rays are usually the most common form of electric magnetic radiation. Technological
developments in imaging have resulted in increasingly powerful and guided X-ray rays, and …

A novel method for predicting pixel value distribution non-uniformity due to heel effect of X-ray tube in industrial digital radiography using artificial neural network

E Nazemi, A Movafeghi, B Rokrok… - Journal of Nondestructive …, 2019 - Springer
The heel effect in X-ray radiation imaging systems causes a non-uniform radiation
distribution on the imaging plane. In this research, a novel method was developed for …

The influence of carbon dioxide concentration on carbonation behavior in cement paste

S Hong, Y Peng, R Jiang, F Zheng, S Fan… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accelerated carbonation is the main method of simulating carbonation in the laboratory, but
there are significant differences in the CO 2 concentrations adopted for accelerated …

A novel approach to enhance defect detection in wire arc additive manufacturing parts using radiographic testing without surface milling

M El Mountassir, D Flotte, S Yaacoubi, E Riff… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2024 - Springer
The wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) process is gaining popularity in industrial
production due to its ability to manufacture large, customized, and complex shapes …