Determination of the voltage applied to x-ray tubes from the bremsstrahlung spectrum obtained with a silicon PIN photodiode

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2617-2623

  Silva, M C ^a   Herdade, S B ^a   Lammoglia, P ^a   Costa, P R ^a   Terini, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calibration of kVp meters; PIN photodiodes; Radiodiagnostic x ray tubes; X ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PILES; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICON; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; X RAY TUBES;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG SPECTRUM; ENERGY CALIBRATION; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PIN PHOTODIODE; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; STANDARD DEVIATION; THREE-PHASE GENERATORS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

X RAYS;

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0033695031     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1318222     Document Type: Article

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