Scattering of 60 keV photons by biological material and influence in diagnostic radiology

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1635-1642

  De Magalhaes S D ^a   Goncalves O D ^a   Rizzo, P ^a   Eichler, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compton; form factors; photon scattering; Rayleigh; tomography; x ray

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

ANGULAR AND ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPTON; FORM FACTORS; PHOTON SCATTERING; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; RAYLEIGH; SCATTERING GEOMETRIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

PHOTONS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BONE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0029837665     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597846     Document Type: Article

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