Calculated mammographic spectra confirmed with attenuation curves for molybdenum, rhodium, and tungsten targets

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1605-1612

  Blough, Melissa M ^a   Waggener, Robert G ^a   Payne, William H ^b   Terry, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Medical and Radiation Physics Inc   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation curves; Mammography; Spectra

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM; TUNGSTEN;

ATTENUATION CURVE; CALCULATED SPECTRUM; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FITTING PARAMETERS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICES; HIGH PURITY ALUMINUM; X-RAY SPECTRA;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

MOLYBDENUM; RHODIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031691031     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598340     Document Type: Article

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