link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
link to lecture transcript - UT-H GSBS Medical Physics Class Site
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Next we want <strong>to</strong> calculate the energy transfer coefficient. We have calculated the<br />
<strong>to</strong>tal attenuation coefficient, which tells us the fraction of pho<strong>to</strong>ns attenuated per<br />
unit path length. We want <strong>to</strong> calculate the energy transfer coefficient <strong>to</strong> determine<br />
how much energy is transferred <strong>to</strong> the electrons as a result of the interactions. In<br />
order <strong>to</strong> do so, we take the linear attenuation coefficient and weight it by the<br />
fraction of the incident pho<strong>to</strong>n energy that is transferred <strong>to</strong> the electrons. This<br />
fraction is equation <strong>to</strong> the amount of energy transferred <strong>to</strong> the electrons divided by<br />
the incident pho<strong>to</strong>n energy. energy<br />
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