Studies on the Characteristics of Medical X-ray Films Using the High Energy Radiation

고에너지 방사선을 이용한 의학용 x-ray 필름 특성연구

  • Lee, Jae-Sung (Division of Image & Information, College of Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Heo, Hoon (Division of Image & Information, College of Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • 이재성 (부경대학교 공과대학 화상정보공학부) ;
  • 허훈 (부경대학교 공과대학 화상정보공학부)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Two different commercial brand X-ray films are used for examining possible differences caused by different target distances when the patients are examined with highenergy X-rays. 6MV- and 15MV X-rays are tested at four different target distances. The films on which the radiation amounts are gradually increased using H$_2$O phantoms are developed by an automatic developing machine to be analysed in the image densities. Characteristic curves have similar shapes for different conditions but for the 130cm target distance. ${\gamma}$ values and average image densities per the illuminated radiation are used to analyse the differences.

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