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Primary <strong>Radiation</strong>:<br />

<strong>NCRP</strong>-<strong>147</strong> Model<br />

Grid, cassette, maybe<br />

supporting structures<br />

No patient!<br />

t!<br />

x pre<br />

} x tot = x + x pre<br />

x<br />

Assume primary beam attenuation in image receptor is due to a<br />

pseudo-barrier whose equivalent thickness x pre gives same<br />

transmission as that seen for actual image receptors.<br />

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