Consequences of Compensation Principle (I)

Selection of Exposure Voltage of X-ray Tube

 To maintain a good flaw sensitivity, the X-ray tube voltage should be

as low as possible. The recommended maximum values of tube
voltage versus thickness are given in figure shown before.
 These maximum values are best practice values for film
radiography.
 DDAs provide sufficient image quality at significant higher voltages
too.
 Highly sensitive imaging plates with high structure noise of plate
crystals (coarse grained) should be applied with about 20 % less X-
ray energy as indicated in the figure shown before.
 High definition imaging plates, which are exposed similar to X-ray
films and having low structure noise (fine grained) can be exposed
with X-ray energies of figure shown before or significantly higher if
the SNR is sufficiently increased.

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New European standard proposal

ISO 17636-2
Minimum SNRN and anti-scatter filter

• Concept SNRN
was taken from
EN14784-1.
• Minimum values
are tabulated in
function of
radiation energy
and object
thickness, similar
to table 2 of
EN14784-2.
• Front lead screens
are reduced to
maximum values
only except for
high energy.
May 2011,
Zscherpel et al.
Higher SNRN requirements than in EN14784-2

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