Characteristic features of a high-energy x-ray spectra estimation method based on the Waggener iterative perturbation principle

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4056-4063

  Iwasaki, Akira ^a   Kubota, Mamoru ^a   Hirota, Junichi ^a   Fujimori, Akira ^b   Suzaki, Katsumasa ^b   Aoki, Masahiko ^b   Abe, Yoshinao ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

High energy x ray spectra; Iterative perturbation technique; Transmission analysis

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAYS;

BIN WIDTHS; ESTIMATION METHODS; HIGH ENERGY X RAY; ITERATIVE PERTURBATION; NUMBER OF TRANSMISSIONS; TRANSMISSION ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION CURVE; X RAY BEAM;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33750545592     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2359227     Document Type: Article

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