When the energy from an x-ray tube has penetrated through 3 half-value layers, only 3/4 of the original energy remains.
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The "photoelectric" effect involves complete absorption of the photon.
A. True
B. False
After Compton scattering, the scattered x-ray has_______.
A. Higher energy
B. Higher velocity
C. Less mass
D. Longer wavelength
The intensity of an x-ray beam passing through a patient______.
A. increases linearly
B. decreases linearly
C. decreases quadratically
D. decreases exponentially
In an x-ray machine with a tungsten target, increasing the kVp from 100 to 150 will increase all of the following except:
A. The energy of the characteristic x-rays.
B. The average energy of the spectrum.
C. The maximum energy of the x-rays.
D. The total number of x-rays emitted.