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A simple source of fluorescent x rays for the study of radiographic imaging systems
Author(s) -
Vyborny Carl J.,
Doi Kunio,
Metz Charles E.,
Haus Arthur G.
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 - 10.1118/1.594346
Subject(s) - radiography , fluorescence , optics , computed radiography , medical imaging , x ray tube , materials science , x ray , physics , nuclear medicine , computer science , medicine , radiology , image quality , nuclear physics , computer vision , image (mathematics) , electrode , anode , quantum mechanics
The properties of a simple source of fluorescent x rays were investigated with regard to its suitability for the study of radiographic imaging systems. The source, consisting of a diagnostic x‐ray tube, fluorescent targets, and filters, was found to yield highly monoenergetic x‐ray fluxes with intensity sufficient to allow the speed of medium‐ and high‐speed screen–film systems to be studied as a function of x‐ray energy.