TY - JOUR A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - A general spectrum model for X-ray generators JF - NDT & E international N2 - A fast quantitative model for the energy spectra of radiation emitted by X-ray tubes is described, handling thin as well as thick plane targets of arbitrary materials. The developed model is based on fundamental interaction cross sections, describing electron and photon transport via numerical integration of discretized distributions. While the focus lies on bremsstrahlung production, modeling of characteristic radiation is fully integrated. The model does not include any free parameters. The validity of the model is shown through comparison with measurements and Monte Carlo simulations for several combinations of target material and acceleration potential between 30 kV and 450 kV. KW - Modeling KW - X-ray KW - Spectrum KW - Bremsstrahlung KW - Electron transport PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2015.12.007 SN - 0963-8695 VL - 79 SP - 92 EP - 97 PB - Butterworth-Heinemann CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-35263 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Warrikhoff, A. T1 - Simulating X-ray spectra: from tube parameters to detector output T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing (Proceedings) N2 - A model is discussed which describes the generation of X-rays in conventional tubes using tabulated bremsstrahlung energy spectra depending on three variables: the target atomic number, the incident electron kinetic energy, and the fraction of energy radiated. Additionally a parameter-free description of the characteristic radiation is included. The constructed model includes technical tube parameters like kilovoltage, target material, and angles of electron incidence and photon emission to also account for self-absorption in the target, as well as radiographic parameters like filtering. In order to verify model results, detector response is also considered. The validity of the proposed model is shown by measurements. Future work includes the extension of the model to transmission targets. This research was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology under contract MNPQ transfer II D 5-30/06. T2 - 18th WCNDT - World conference on nondestructive testing CY - Durban, South Africa DA - 2012-04-16 KW - X-ray KW - Spectrum KW - Simulation PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-620-52872-6 SP - 1 EP - 8 (Paper 336) AN - OPUS4-27399 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Warrikhoff, A. ED - Thompson, D.O. ED - Chimenti, D.E. T1 - Simulation and experimental verification of X-ray spectra T2 - QNDE conference 2010 - Review of progress in quantitative nondestructive evaluation (Proceedings) T2 - 36th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Kingston, RI, USA DA - 2009-07-26 KW - X-ray KW - Spectrum KW - Simulation KW - Röntgenspektrum KW - Dekonvolution PY - 2010 SN - 978-0-7354-0748-0 SN - 0743-0760 SN - 0094-243X N1 - Serientitel: AIP conference proceedings – Series title: AIP conference proceedings VL - 1211 SP - 535 EP - 540 CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-21136 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -