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Radiography Formulas

This document provides formulas and calculations for various radiography concepts including: - The inverse square law relating intensity and distance from a radiation source - The relationship between exposure, distance from the radiation source, and film density - Geometric magnification relating object and image sizes and distances from the source - Attenuation and how it relates transmitted intensity to original intensity and material thickness

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Radiography Formulas

This document provides formulas and calculations for various radiography concepts including: - The inverse square law relating intensity and distance from a radiation source - The relationship between exposure, distance from the radiation source, and film density - Geometric magnification relating object and image sizes and distances from the source - Attenuation and how it relates transmitted intensity to original intensity and material thickness

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8/4/2019 Radiography Formula

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Radiography Formula
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Inverse Square Law Exposure - Distance Reciprocity Law

Where: Where: Where:


I1 = Intensity 1 at D1 E1 = Exposure at D1
C1 = Current 1
I2 = Intensity 2 at D2 E2 = Exposure at D2
D1 = Distance 1 from source C2 = Current 2
D1 = Distance 1 from
D2 = Distance 2 from source source
T1 = Time 1 at C1
D2 = Distance 2 from
more information: source T2 = Time 2 at C2
Inverse Square Law
Calculation more information:
Exposure-Distance more information:
Calculation Current-Time
Reciprocity Calculation
Geometric Geometric
Film Density - Exposure
Magnification Unsharpness

Note: This is an approximation and is only valid for the straight line portion of the film
characteristic curve. See more info section.
Where:
Where: Where:
E1 = Exposure 1
E2 = Exposure 2
M = Magnification
FD1 = Film Density at Exposure 1 Ug = Geometric
Distance from unsharpness
FD2 = Film Density with Exposure 2 a =
source to object f = Focal spot size
Distance from Distance from
more information: b = a =
object to detector source to object
Film Density - Exposure Calculation
Distance from
b =
object to detector
more information:
Geometric Magnification more information:
Calculation Geometric Unsharpness
Calculation

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Indication Depth Attenuation Half-Value Layer

Where: Where: Where:

Defect depth from the film side of Ix transmitted HVL = Half-value layer
D = =
the part intensity Linear
t = Thickness of material Io = Original intensity m = attenuation
Linear attenuation coefficient
SD = Shift of defect image on the film m =
SM = Shift of surface marker on the film coefficient
Distance in
more information: x = material or
Indication Depth Calculation material thickness
more information:
Half-Value Layer
more information:
Calculation
Attenuation Calculation

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