Problem Set III
Due February 20, 2008
Reading Assignment: Chapters 8 of the text book (Turner)
III.1 Turner 8.12 (Page 202)
III.2 Turner 8.16 (Page 203)
III.3 Turner 8.20 (Page 203)
III.4 Turner 8.25 (Page 204)
III.5 Turner 8.35 (Page 205)
III.6 Turner 8.43 (Page 205)
III.7 Turner 8.49 (Page 206)
III.8 Turner 8.51 (Page 207)
III.9 Turner 8.53 (Page 207)
II.10 Obtain the following data/plots from the internet:
(a) Photon interaction coefficients for 3 main interaction in [barns/atom]
for H, C, N, O, Al, Fe, Pb
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Xcom/Text/XCOM.html
(b) Material constants and composition for
TISSUE, SOFT (ICRU-44)
MUSCLE, SKELETAL (ICRU-44)
BONE, CORTICAL (ICRU-44)
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/cover.html
(c) The mass attenuation and the mass energy-absorption
coefficients for
TISSUE, SOFT (ICRU-44)
MUSCLE, SKELETAL (ICRU-44)
BONE, CORTICAL (ICRU-44)
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/cover.html
III.11 Turner 7.9 (Page 171)
III.12 Turner 7.12 (Page 171)
III.13 Turner 7.14 (Page 171)