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Energy dependence of correction factors for the Victoreen Model 666 Portable Radiographic Health Survey System
Author(s) -
Morgan Tommie J.,
Brateman Libby,
Dirkse John
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594332
Subject(s) - range (aeronautics) , ionization chamber , radiography , energy (signal processing) , variance (accounting) , nuclear medicine , ionization , statistics , physics , mathematics , materials science , medicine , nuclear physics , ion , accounting , quantum mechanics , business , composite material
The energy dependence for each of three models of Victoreen 666 ionization chambers is characterized through an examination of the correction factors determined over the diagnostic x‐ray range (0.4–4.9 mm Al HVL) for many samples of each model. The results of an analysis of variance performed for each chamber model on the correction factors are reported as mean correction factors for the x‐ray beams evaluated, with a relative standard error of less than 0.6% in all cases. Energy‐dependence curves for the three chamber models are given, and their use is described.