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Type: Radiography
Anode material: Tungsten
Peak tube voltage: 120 kV
Relative Voltage Ripple 0
Air kerma behind last Filter: 1 mGy

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13 187.158967946743
14 919.677679103188
15 2933.44000485376
16 8319.78283313219
17 17811.7642150028
18 29318.9671478467
19 45376.9882151391
20 65795.0635731686
21 87272.626105696
22 112859.156422783
23 142449.941260275
24 171698.802721221
25 202229.363569058
26 230709.749469534
27 260274.295681156
28 287607.881170698
29 315805.63724041
30 337903.549256735
31 355268.407361582
32 369641.754152253
33 383984.222309664
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37 412453.131377697
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39 419869.053987786
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41 418078.996622935
42 415464.496174827
43 413006.441993639
44 408224.893845618
45 402451.328542084
46 399433.352760971
47 396172.905797139
48 387793.58625412
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50 372269.517630339
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52 356849.048463628
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55 338174.702255055
56 457554.988712072
57 578103.653667495
58 680471.825236455
59 782978.909593076
60 559702.698336914
61 333593.762568198
62 301774.008516222
63 269608.142762445
64 262042.302745394
65 253649.76123441
66 330178.984031081
67 407019.025729969
68 332857.459094375
69 256566.313845105
70 218066.714815795
71 179529.195018113
72 171282.37232333
73 162352.390664164
74 159650.992732495
75 157377.933182288
76 152661.406730767
77 147231.058257166
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82 127470.806601923
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93 82892.0639061835
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95 75924.5230723172
96 73127.8920685872
97 70361.0258910339
98 66950.8873613086
99 63535.893248627
100 60672.9111657478
101 57689.3402182031
102 54292.8650730755
103 50456.3745367341
104 47404.9075518269
105 44407.8887952492
106 40880.4694592254
107 37425.3551941365
108 34425.0309455674
109 31244.8191537987
110 27951.2967390474
111 24756.0947464081
112 22364.211998065
113 20174.1516066249
114 16940.8107036725
115 13445.333763666
116 10845.8312155562
117 8147.87607698236
118 5491.10100400867
119 2545.6684855817
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Literature:

[1] John M. Boone, Thomas R. Fewell, Robert J. Jennings: Molybdenum, rhodium, and tungsten anode spect

[2] John M. Boone, J. Anthony Seibert: An accurate method for computer-generating tungsten anode x-ray sp

[3] T.R. Fewell, R.E. Shuping: Handbook of Mammographic X-ray Spectra; HEW Publication (FDA) 79-8071;

[4] T.R. Fewell, R.E. Shuping, K. Healy: Handbook of Computed Tomography X-ray Spectra; HHS Publication

Glossary:

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air kerma mean absorbed energy per unit abso
air kerma half value layer the thickness of an Aluminum filter ge
specific photon fluence ratio between photon fluence and air

Output spectra:
The numerical values for output spectra are provided in two-column ASCII files whose contents has to be u
The entries in the first column indicate the photon energy in keV.
The entries in the second column indicate the corresponding mean number of pho

The spectral simulation is based on the concept of a "needle beam geometry".

In other words, it does not take into account any geometrical effects like e.g. the spatial beam divergence w
The investigation of special tube parameters like air kerma yield factors (unit: Gy/As) is beyond the scope
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51.52 3.006 19.362 2.61E+07
0.886 0.742 54.022 4.072 22.045 2.20E+07
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 ium, and tungsten anode spectral models using interpolating polynomials with application to mammography; Medical Physics 24(12), 1883 - 1874, 1997

erating tungsten anode x-ray spectra from 30 to 140 kV; Medical Physics 24(11), 1661 - 1670, 1997

EW Publication (FDA) 79-8071; Rockville, MD (1978)

X-ray Spectra; HHS Publication (FDA) 81-8162; Rockville, MD (1981)

ence between maximum and minimum value divided by the maximum value for a temporally periodic tube voltage (see Figure 8 in [2])
aw" spectrum – without any filtering - emerging without any modification from John Boone's data (see [1] and [2])
Boone's spectra – in his own nomenclature – are called "modified Fewell spectra” and provide an approximation
spectra from X-ray tubes being present in John Boone's laboratory during the investigations described in [1] and [2].
ammography spectra the inherent filtering corresponds to 0.5 mm of Be, for radiography spectra it is equivalent to 1.1 mm of Al at 62.5 kVp
between output value (having traversed the filter) and corresponding input value of some radiation intensity quantity (photon fluence, energy fluence, or air k
number of photons per unit area
amount of photon energy per unit area

nergy fluence in an X-ray beam is equal to the product of the photon fluence and the mean spectral energy.
absorbed energy per unit absorber mass deposited in dry air by an X-ray beam
ckness of an Aluminum filter generating an air kerma transmission (and thus also absorption) factor of 50 percent
between photon fluence and air kerma

files whose contents has to be understood as follows:

energy in keV.
esponding mean number of photons per mm² and keV.

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g. the spatial beam divergence which manifests itself as the "inverse square law".
nit: Gy/As) is beyond the scope of this simulation tool. Only spectral features are investigated.
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