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Literature:
[1] John M. Boone, Thomas R. Fewell, Robert J. Jennings: Molybdenum, rhodium, and tungsten anode spectr
[2] John M. Boone, J. Anthony Seibert: An accurate method for computer-generating tungsten anode x-ray spe
[3] T.R. Fewell, R.E. Shuping: Handbook of Mammographic X-ray Spectra; HEW Publication (FDA) 79-8071; R
[4] T.R. Fewell, R.E. Shuping, K. Healy: Handbook of Computed Tomography X-ray Spectra; HHS Publication
Glossary:
voltage ripple
initial spectrum
transmission factor
photon fluence
energy fluence
air kerma
air kerma half value layer
specific photon fluence
Output spectra:
The numerical values for output spectra are provided in two-column ASCII files whose contents has to be u
The entries in the first column indicate the photon energy in keV.
The entries in the second column indicate the corresponding mean num
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dium, and tungsten anode spectral models using interpolating polynomials with application to mammography; Medical Physics 24(12), 1883 - 1874, 1997
nerating tungsten anode x-ray spectra from 30 to 140 kV; Medical Physics 24(11), 1661 - 1670, 1997
difference between maximum and minimum value divided by the maximum value for a temporally periodic tube vo
the "raw" spectrum – without any filtering - emerging without any modification from John Boone's data (see [1] and
John Boone's spectra – in his own nomenclature – are called "modified Fewell spectra” and provide an approxima
to the spectra from X-ray tubes being present in John Boone's laboratory during the investigations described in [1]
For mammography spectra the inherent filtering corresponds to 0.5 mm of Be, for radiography spectra it is equival
ratio between output value (having traversed the filter) and corresponding input value of some radiation intensity q
mean number of photons per unit area
mean amount of photon energy per unit area
The energy fluence in an X-ray beam is equal to the product of the photon fluence and the mean spectral energy.
mean absorbed energy per unit absorber mass deposited in dry air by an X-ray beam
the thickness of an Aluminum filter generating an air kerma transmission (and thus also absorption) factor of 50 pe
ratio between photon fluence and air kerma
etry".
.g. the spatial beam divergence which manifests itself as the "inverse square law".
nit: Gy/As) is beyond the scope of this simulation tool. Only spectral features are investigated.
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