The Effect of Grid Ratio and Material of Anti-scatter Grid on the Scatter-to-primary Ratio and the Signal-to-noise Ratio Improvement Factor in Container Scanner X-ray Imaging |
Lee, Jeonghee
(Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering)
Lim, Chang Hwy (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) Park, Jong-Won (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) Kim, Ik-Hyun (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) Moon, Myung Kook (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Lim, Yong-Kon (Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) |
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