Recent Publications:
First light from the MXI-FEL beamline was seen on August 14, 1998. The
paper included here was first
presented at the SPIE meeting in San Jose, CA in
January (26-27) 1999 at the Free-Electron Laser Challenges II sessions and was published in
SPIE Vol. 3614: 139-146, Jan 99. Production of Tunable, Monochromatic X-rays by the Vanderbilt Free Electron Laser
The
detector used to monitor the X-rays being produced in a high background
radiation environment is described in this paper. detector.pdf
Three-dimensional information can be obtained in a geometry of
stationary X-ray source,
patient and detector using pyrolytic graphite mosaic crystals as
described in this manuscript.CT Imaging Using Monochromatic X-rays and Mosaic Crystals
or in this more recent publication. Volumetric
Monochromatic X-ray Tomography of the Lungs.
The Monochromatic X-ray project and the new device was the subject of a feature article at the Vanderbilt University's Exploration website (online research journal of Vanderbilt University) in October of 2001. http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/home_fel.htm
An invited article on Monochromatic X-rays was published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) in September of 2002. Click here to read (PDF format)