Xray Production Flashcards
Distance between the filament and the xray tube target is approx
1 cm
The enegy of motion
Kinetic energy
Accelerating force needs to _____ of electrons
Raise the velocity
Electrons travelling from cathode to anode
Projectile electrons
___% pf the KE of peojectile electrons is converted to heat
99
Tube current and anode heat is
Directly proportional
Emitted when an outer shell electron fills an inner shell void
Characteristic radiation
Result to ionize the target atom through removal of an inner shell
Chatacteristic radiation
Ejection of an inner shell electron resulted to
Void in k shell
Only the _____ are useful in imaging
K- characteristic xray of tungsten
It is the characteristic of the target element
Characteristics
Higher atomic number, _____ the energy of characteristic xray
Higher
Known as general , white radiation, polychromatic or continuous
Bremsstrahlung
Electromagnetic radiation generated when negatively charged electrons in motion are deflected by positively charged atomic model nuclei
Bremsstrahlung radiation
Interaction bet projectile and nuclear force field
Bremsstrahlung radiation