Semiempirical model for generating tungsten target x-ray spectra

Medical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 211-218

  Barnes, Garv T ^a   Tucker, Douglas M ^b   Chakraborty, Dev P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHENIUM; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUNGSTEN; X-RAYS;

EID: 0025756532     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596709     Document Type: Article

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