Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Production and use of X-rays

Production and use of X-rays — practice question

Ultrasound and X-rays are two kinds of wave used in medical diagnosis to create images of structures inside the body.
(a)[4]

Complete Table 10.1 by stating, for each wave type: - the process by which the wave is produced - whether the wave that is detected and used to form the image is the wave that has been absorbed, reflected or transmitted by the internal body structure.

(b(i))[2]

For one kind of wave travelling through tissue, the wave has $72\%$ of its original intensity after moving through $6.2\,\text{cm}$ of the tissue. Calculate the linear attenuation coefficient $\mu$ of the tissue for this wave.

(b(ii))[2]

A second wave of the same type as in part (b)(i) travels through $9.3\,\text{cm}$ of the same tissue. Calculate the percentage of the wave’s initial intensity that is attenuated by the tissue.

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