A coherent/Compton scattering method employing an x-ray tube for measurement of trabecular bone mineral content

I. Leichter; A. Karellas; M. A. Greenfield; J. D. Craven

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A coherent/Compton scattering method employing an x-ray tube for measurement of trabecular bone mineral content

I. Leichter
, A. Karellas
, M. A. Greenfield
, J. D. Craven

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Comments on a paper by P. Puumalainen et al. (see ibid., vol.27, p.425-9, 1982). That paper indicated that the measured coherent/Compton scatter ratio is proportional to the third power of the effective atomic number (Z³). The present authors however feel that this is not the case.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	013
Pages (from-to)	431-432
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physics in medicine and biology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/28/4/013
State	Published - 1983
Externally published	Yes

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Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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A coherent/Compton scattering method employing an x-ray tube for measurement of trabecular bone mineral content

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