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dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, S-
dc.contributor.authorVyas, A-
dc.contributor.authorRavanfar Haghighi, R-
dc.contributor.authorKumar, P-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-09T10:49:39Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-09T10:49:39Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, Vol 1, No 1, pp. 22-27en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2248/5610-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The photoelectric attenuation coefficient of substances is known to depend upon the energy E of the photon and the effective atomic number of substances (Zeff) as (Zeff x/Ey). No definitive values about these indices x, y are given in the literature. The index x is said to lie between, 3.0 and 4.0, while for ‘y’ different values have been assigned, between 3.0 and 4.0. Methodology: We followed a methodology to find both the exponent y explicitly, from a formula which does not contain x. Through this way, the risk of one parameter leading to an estimation error for the other is automatically eliminated. With the value of y being unmistakably established, we determined the exponent x for different elements. Results: It was found from the NIST data that ‘y’ = 3.0669 for most substances with low atomic number but no single value can be assigned for the exponent ‘x’. Conclusions: These results help us to perform model calculations for the attenuation coefficients of different substances. They can also provide important inputs for the diagnostic purposes in the DECT method.en
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dc.publisherGlobal Center for Advanced Research in Biomedical Physics and Biomedical Engineeringen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jbpe.ir/Journal_OJS/JBPE/index.php/jbpe/article/view/5en
dc.rights© Global Center for Advanced Research in Biomedical Physics and Biomedical Engineeringen
dc.subjectX-rayen
dc.subjectPhotoelectric effecten
dc.subjectAttenuation coefficienten
dc.subjectPhoton energyen
dc.titleThe Energy Dependence of the Photoelectric Attenuation Coefficient of Substancesen
dc.typeArticleen
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