Increasing the tube voltage on a clinical x-ray unit:     a. Improves the resolution of an x-ray image.     b. Increases the intensity of the Characteristic x-rays.     c. Increases the intensity of the Bremsstrahlung x-rays.     d. Increases the energy of the Bremsstrahlung x-rays.     e. Increases the energy of the Characteristic x-rays.   and why??

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Increasing the tube voltage on a clinical x-ray unit:

 

 

a. Improves the resolution of an x-ray image.

 

 

b. Increases the intensity of the Characteristic x-rays.

 

 

c. Increases the intensity of the Bremsstrahlung x-rays.

 

 

d. Increases the energy of the Bremsstrahlung x-rays.

 

 

e. Increases the energy of the Characteristic x-rays.

 

and why??

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