Comparison between measured and predicted attenuation curves of x-ray beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2183-2189

  Delgado, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attenuation curves; Functional description of x ray beams; Penetration properties of an x ray beam

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; TRANSMISSIONS;

ATTENUATION CURVE; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; TRANSMISSION CURVE; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAYS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER;

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032704371     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598734     Document Type: Article

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