Molybdenum target x-ray spectra: A semiempirical model

Medical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 402-407

  Barnes, Garv T ^b   Wu, Xizena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

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

EID: 0025759912     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596686     Document Type: Article

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