Molybdenum, rhodium, and tungsten anode spectral models using interpolating polynomials with application to mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1863-1874

  Boone, John M ^a,b   Fewell, Thomas R ^c   Jennings, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Computer simulation; Mammography; X ray production; X ray spectrum

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHOTONS; POLYNOMIALS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY PRODUCTION; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTER GENERATION; COMPUTER MODELING; INTERPOLATING POLYNOMIALS; MAMMOGRAPHIC ENERGY; POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATION PROCESS; TUNGSTEN ANODE X-RAY TUBE; X RAY SPECTRUM;

X RAY DETECTORS;

MOLYBDENUM; RHODIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; HEALTH PHYSICS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031466296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598100     Document Type: Article

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