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In order to understand what takes place in an X-ray tube it will be necessary to recapitulate some concepts of general physics. In every branch of science and technology the first essential is to establish basic definitions of the different quantities and the units employed to express them. The main units and definitions to be used in the following are given below.
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van der Plaats, G.J. (1969). Some Physical Concepts. In: Medical X-ray Technique. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00061-6_2
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