Discuss what happens to the absorption coefficient as an X-ray beam passes from muscle to bone.
Discuss what happens to the absorption coefficient as an X-ray beam passes from muscle to bone.
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As x rays are the high energy rays so the muscle and tissues with less absorption coefficient.these are mostly absorbed by dense structures. As we know bones have the dense structure. So they have more absorption coefficient.
So absorption coefficient of x rays increases from muscle to bone.
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