Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) can accurately identify calcium in the coronary tree noninvasively. Coronary calcium is clearly linked with coronary atherosclerosis. In population studies ...

Other newer screening tests at various stages of investigation are: electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) (Figure 1) which is based on the non-invasive detection of calcium in the walls of the ...

OBJECTIVES To measure myocardial perfusion using an estimate of intramyocardial vascular volume obtained by electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) in an animal model; to assess the feasibility and ...

A Fresnel zone plate focused the X-ray beam to 50 × 50 nm² ... was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy, synchrotron radiation-based X-ray computed tomography, and X-ray diffraction.

A team of physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in Menlo Park, California, generated the highest-current, highest-peak-power electron ... time making the beam more powerful ...

The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of aircraft, new research has found. Scientists from The University of ...

Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images ...

2020) to mitigate hysteresis effects during beam scanning. Any real electron detector shows a range of imperfections ... 4. Subtraction of the computed background from the actual diffraction pattern.