Option B Medical Physics Chapter 5 X-ray imaging
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X-ray
electromagnetic
wave
wavelength
photographic film
ionise
X-ray tube
filament
anode
step-up transformer
rotor coil
stator coil
focal spot
intensity
photon
potential difference
(pd)
work done
continuous spectrum
outer shell electron
conduction electron
electronvolt (eV)
electron beam
current
efficiency
attenuation
intensity
attenuation
coefficient
half-value thickness
mass attenuation
coefficient
atomic number
image sharpness
focal spot
image contrast
lead collimator grid
contrast medium
beam definers
metal filter
intensifying screen
Definition
fluorescent
image intensifier
photocathode
electrode
computed
tomography (CT)
scanner
positron
voxel
monochromatic