Half-value layer and intensity variations as a function of position in the radiation field for film-screen mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-266

  Terry, James A ^a   Waggener, Robert G ^b   Miller Blough, Melissa A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Beam quality; Half value layer; Heel effect; Mammography; Radiation field

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; ELECTRODES; MAMMOGRAPHY;

FILM-SCREEN MAMMOGRAPHY; HALF-VALUE LAYER; HEEL EFFECT; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; OPTICAL DENSITY VARIATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INTENSITY; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0032914191     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598513     Document Type: Article

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