Computation of beam quality parameters for Mo/Mo, Mo/Rh, Rh/Rh, and W/Al target/filter combinations in mammography

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2638-2642

  Kharrati, Hedi ^a   Zarrad, Boubaker ^a  

^a University of Monastir   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Average photon energy; Beam quality; Half value layer; Mammography; X ray spectrum

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAYS;

COMPUTATION METHODS; HALF-VALUE LAYER; HOMOGENEITY COEFFICIENT; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; PHOTON ENERGY; QUALITY PARAMETERS; X RAY SPECTRUM;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 0142057579     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1608498     Document Type: Article

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