Anode Heel Effect | X-ray physics #6 | Radiology Physics Course #13

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Thank you Ufara. We’re all busy people so thought the shorter the better. Hope you’re well 🙂

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[@chad969]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding my into to radiography book, but it seems to be saying the exact opposite of what you demonstrated in this video. It says, "Generally, the steeper the anode, the more severe or noticeable the heel effect becomes". That doesn't make any sense to me because, as you showed in the diagrams at 2:40, the radiation travels through less of the anode material when it' at a steeper angle. So the heel effect should be LESS severe with a steeper anode angle. I don't know what my book is trying to say.

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Hi Chad. A steeper angle does create a greater anode heel effect (your book is agreeing with what I’m saying in the talk). The steeper anode angle means X-rays have to travel through more anode heel before exiting the anode side of the tube. Hope that makes sense 🙂

[@whitewalker5791]

How to know which side of the machine is anode side or cathode side? Please answer sir...

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Cathode has the filament and the anode is angled. Cathode is relatively negatively charged and anode positively charged. Cathode produces electrons and anode produces x-rays

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The last video in the series explains it. Look for the geometric blurring video 🙂

[@haroonrashid5085]

Thanks for lecture. I see that *intensity* of beam towards cathode side should be more than that towards anode side, because xrays are released in isotrophic manner within the anode, and they get attenuated as they pass through the anode material, which is thicker towards anode side, thinner towards cathode side,i.e heel effect . My question is ; Doesn't that anode material through which xrays pass after getting produced, act like some sort of Filter, And shouldn't it make beam hard by removing those low energy xray photons more towards Anode side than cathode side, i.e making beam hard(i.e more energetic) towards anode side than cathode side . Am i saying it right?

[@radiologytutorials]

Haroon. You have absolutely hit the nail on the head. Shows you truly understand what is going on. Well done. You are right. The average beam energy is higher at the anode side (effectively a harder beam). However, the absolute energy (intensity) is still higher at the cathode side. Think of the actual number of photons at the cathode side, the high energy photons are still there and will still slightly outnumber those at the anode side.

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[@rubyamir5245]

Dr Haroon! Did u get ur answer? I am also thinking the same… and even after reading the answer of dr Michael, I didn’t get it 😔 Filters increase the average energy of photons and thus increase the penetrability.

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@@rubyamir5245 answer lies within my question , and Dr micheal confirmed that.

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Hi @rubyamir5245 I'm 5 minutes from home. Will try to give a more concrete example when I'm back that will hopefully help understanding 😅

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How can I answer this question,, with reference to a 3 phase x Ray machine, describe the importance of the anode heel effect.

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Hi May i ask you a question? Which side heel effect is more pronounced on ?! Anode side or cathode side. Some books says anode side and others says cathode side so can you please clarify this?

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The heel effect is more at the anode side. Therefore, beam intensity is higher on the cathode side 🙂

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