Simulation of the effect of anode surface roughness on diagnostic x-ray spectra

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3973-3983

  Nowotny, R ^a   Meghzifene, Kh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANODE FRAGMENTS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

TUNGSTEN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; X RAY TUBE;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037153578     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/22/305     Document Type: Review

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