Effect of pressure, temperature and humidity in air on photon fluence and air kerma values at low photon energies

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 707-720

  Assiamah, M ^a   Mavunda, D ^a   Nam, T L ^a   Keddy, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air kerma; Attenuation; Bremsstrahlung; Mammography; X ray photon fluence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

PHOTON FLUENCE;

PHOTONS;

MOLYBDENUM; TUNGSTEN;

AIR; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; ENERGY; HUMIDITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOISTURE; PHOTON; PRESSURE; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242403262     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00398-0     Document Type: Article

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