Handbook of Medical Imaging, Volume 1 - Physics and Psychophysics

Content: Preface --
1. Introduction to optical thin films. 1.1. Interference of light
 1.2. Spectral ranges and materials section
 1.3. Angle of incidence effects --
2. Deposition technology. 2.1. Coating processes
 2.2. Coating parameters
 2.3. Coating equipment
 2.4. Stress effects
 2.5. Substrate cleaning --
3. Performance of optical filters. 3.1. Reflectance, transmittance, and absorption
 3.2. Absorption and scattering
 3.3. Blocking ranges
 3.4. Filters in series: incoherent addition of intensities
 3.5. Standing wave electric fields
 3.6. Performance shifts with angle of incidence
 3.7. Other parameters that affect performance
 3.8. Wavefront distortions --
4. Design types. 4.1. Antireflection coatings
 4.2. High reflection designs
 4.3. Edge filters
 4.4. Bandpass filters
 4.5. Beam splitters
 4.6. Other filters --
5. Filter performance and measurements. 5.1. Spectrophotometers and spectrophotometry
 5.2. Environmental performance and measurements
 5.3. Aging
 5.4. Cosmetic and other visual deficiencies
 5.5. Inspection lot size --
6. Substrates and materials. 6.1. Substrates in general
 6.2. Substrate types
 6.3. Safety glass
 6.4. Substrate specifications
 6.5. Blocking properties
 6.6. Reststrahl bands
 6.7. Island formation in thin films
 6.8. Thermal runaway in semiconductors
 6.9. Number of materials in multilayer coatings
 6.10. Toxicity. 7. Future prospects. 7.1. Ion beams
 7.2. Nonvacuum processes
 7.3. Inhomogeneous films
 7.4. Codeposition
 7.5. X-ray coatings
 7.6. Equipment advances: automatic coating machines
 7.7. Materials research --
A. How to specify optical filters --
B. Selected United States military specifications that relate to thin film optical filters --
C. Basic program to calculate thin film filter performance --
References --
Index.