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Radiography in Modern Industry - Kodak

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Figure 14: Geometric construction for determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g geometric unsharpness (U g ).D o and t must be measured <strong>in</strong> the same units; <strong>in</strong>ches are customary, but any other unit of length--say, centimetres--would also be satisfactory. So long as D o and t are <strong>in</strong> the same units, theformula above will always give the geometric unsharpness U g <strong>in</strong> whatever units were used tomeasure the dimensions of the source. The projected size of the focal spots of x-ray tubes areusually stated <strong>in</strong> millimetres, and U g will also be <strong>in</strong> millimetres. If the source size is stated <strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>ches, U g will be <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ches.For rapid reference, graphs of the type shown <strong>in</strong> the figure below can be prepared by the use ofthe equation above. These graphs relate source-film distance, object-film distance and geometricunsharpness. Note that the l<strong>in</strong>es of Figure 15 are all straight. Therefore, for each source-objectdistance, it is only necessary to calculate the value of U for a s<strong>in</strong>gle specimen thickness, and thendraw a straight l<strong>in</strong>e through the po<strong>in</strong>t so determ<strong>in</strong>ed and the orig<strong>in</strong>. It should be emphasized,however, that a separate graph of the type shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 15 must be prepared for each size ofsource.Figure 15: Graph relat<strong>in</strong>g geometric unsharpness (U g ) to specimen thickness and sourceobjectdistance, for a 5-millimetre source size.<strong>Radiography</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> 25

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