Comprehensive analysis of the spectrometric determination of voltage applied to X-ray tubes in the radiography and mammography energy ranges using a silicon PIN photodiode

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 917, 2004, Pages 395-404

  Terini, R A ^a,b   Pereira, M A G ^a   Kunzel R ^a   Costa, P R ^a   Herdade, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GERMANIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN; MOLYBDENUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DIODE LASER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; FILTRATION; GENERATOR; IRRADIATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; X RAY TUBE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 2642552978     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/32514512     Document Type: Article

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