Modelling of the focal spot intensity distribution and the off-focal spot radiation in kilovoltage x-ray tubes for imaging

Brent van der Heyden; Gabriel Paiva Fonseca; Mark Podesta; Ivan Messner; Niklas Reisz; Ana Vaniqui; Heinz Deutschmann; Phil Steininger; Frank Verhaegen

doi:10.1088/1361-6560/ab6178

Modelling of the focal spot intensity distribution and the off-focal spot radiation in kilovoltage x-ray tubes for imaging

Brent van der Heyden, Gabriel Paiva Fonseca, Mark Podesta, Ivan Messner, Niklas Reisz, Ana Vaniqui, Heinz Deutschmann, Phil Steininger, Frank Verhaegen^*

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Original language	English
Article number	025002
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics in Medicine and Biology
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab6178
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

x-ray tube
focal spot
off-focal radiation
Monte Carlo
Geant4
cone-beam CT
COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY
FOCUS RADIATION
SIMULATION
BEAM
SPECTRUM
RESOLUTION
SIZE

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Modelling of the focal spot intensity distribution and the off-focal spot radiation in kilovoltage x-ray tubes for imaging. / van der Heyden, Brent; Fonseca, Gabriel Paiva; Podesta, Mark; Messner, Ivan; Reisz, Niklas; Vaniqui, Ana; Deutschmann, Heinz; Steininger, Phil; Verhaegen, Frank.

In: Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 65, No. 2, 025002, 01.2020.

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