Purdue University, School of Health Sciences
Interactions of Radiation with Matter (radiation physics)
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Photon Interaction Data ("cross sections")

Electron Interaction Data

Diagnostic X-Rays

  • Boone JM, Seibert JA, An accurate method for computer-generating tungsten anode x-ray spectra from 30 to 140 kV. Med Phys 24(11), 1661-1670 (1997).  See http://www.edonnelly.com/genspectrum.php for a nice web-based implementation of the algorithm.
  • Boone JM, Fewell TR, Jennings RJ, Molybdenum, rhodium, and tungsten anode spectral models using interpolating polynomials with application to mammography, Med Phys 24(12), 1863-1874 (1997). See http://www.edonnelly.com/mamspectrum.php for a nice web-based implementation of the algorithm.

Last Updated: November 20, 2009