Tables of x-ray mass attenuation coefficients and mass energy-absorption coefficients 1 keV to 20 MeV for elements Z = 1 to 92 and 48 additional substances of dosimetry interest
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Tables and graphs of the photon mass attenuation coefficient p/p and the mass energy-absorption coefficient p en /p are presented for all of the elements Z = 1 to 92, and for 48 compounds and mixtures of radiological interest.The tables cover energies of the photon (x ray, gamma ray, bremsstrahlung) from 1 keV to 20 MeV.The p/p values are taken from the current photon interaction database at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the p en /p values are basedon the new calculations by Seltzer described in Radiation Research 136, 147 (1993).These tables of p/p and p en /p replace and extend the tables given by Hubbell in the International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes 33, 1269 (1982).
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Despite similar HU, the attenuation characteristic of bone is substantially different from soft tissue.
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- Authors
- Hubbell, J. H., & Seltzer, S. M.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (US)
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- 1995
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Radiation › Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Keywords
- mass attenuation coefficient, mass energy absorption coefficient, photon interactions, X-ray dosimetry, gamma radiation, bremsstrahlung
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