Explores large-area sensors for X-ray detection, covering direct and indirect methods, detector performance metrics, and active matrix flat panel imagers.
Explores the historical development of optics, the scientific method, and the arrow of time, highlighting major paradigm shifts and the cultural differences between religion and science.
Explores applications of micron and submicron focusing, crystallography, and tomographic reconstructions in beamlines, as well as the need for secondary optics and different types of lenses.