Reconstruction of the X-ray tube spectrum from a scattering measurement

Jorge E Fernandez1, Viviana Scot, Jonathan Bare

  • 1Laboratory of Montecuccolino, Department of Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Control Engineering (DIENCA), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, via dei Colli,16, I-40136, Bologna, Italy. jorge.fernandez@unibo.it

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