An x-ray tube emits 1014 photons per second. The x-ray is as…
An x-ray tube emits 1014 photons per second. The x-ray is assumed to contain only 50-keV photons and irradiates a 0.2-mm-thick tissue sample for 0.2 second. The HVL of the sample is 0.8 cm, and the energy absorption coefficient of the sample is 0.1 cm−1 for 50-keV photons.