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    The document discusses photoelectric absorption and Compton scattering, two interactions between photons and matter. Photoelectric absorption is more likely for low energy photons and high atomic number substances, transferring all photon energy to ejected electrons. Compton scattering is the dominant interaction between x-rays and soft tissue, where a photon's energy is partially transferred to a scattered electron.

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    The document discusses photoelectric absorption and Compton scattering, two interactions between photons and matter. Photoelectric absorption is more likely for low energy photons and high atomic number substances, transferring all photon energy to ejected electrons. Compton scattering is the dominant interaction between x-rays and soft tissue, where a photon's energy is partially transferred to a scattered electron.

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    The document discusses photoelectric absorption and Compton scattering, two interactions between photons and matter. Photoelectric absorption is more likely for low energy photons and high atomic number substances, transferring all photon energy to ejected electrons. Compton scattering is the dominant interaction between x-rays and soft tissue, where a photon's energy is partially transferred to a scattered electron.

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    Photoelectric absorption[edit]

    The probability of a photoelectric absorption per unit mass is approximately proportional


    to Z3/E3, where Z is the atomic number and E is the energy of the incident photon.[72] This rule
    is not valid close to inner shell electron binding energies where there are abrupt changes in
    interaction probability, so called absorption edges. However, the general trend of
    high absorption coefficients and thus short penetration depths for low photon energies and
    high atomic numbers is very strong. For soft tissue, photoabsorption dominates up to about
    26 keV photon energy where Compton scattering takes over. For higher atomic number
    substances this limit is higher. The high amount of calcium (Z = 20) in bones, together with
    their high density, is what makes them show up so clearly on medical radiographs.
    A photoabsorbed photon transfers all its energy to the electron with which it interacts, thus
    ionizing the atom to which the electron was bound and producing a photoelectron that is
    likely to ionize more atoms in its path. An outer electron will fill the vacant electron position
    and produce either a characteristic X-ray or an Auger electron. These effects can be used for
    elemental detection through X-ray spectroscopy or Auger electron spectroscopy.

    Compton scattering[edit]
    Compton scattering is the predominant interaction between X-rays and soft tissue in medical
    imaging.[73] Compton scattering is an inelastic scattering of the X-ray photon by an outer shell
    electron. Part of the energy of the photon is transferred to the scattering electron, thereby
    ionizing the atom and increasing the wavelength of the X-ray. The scattered photon can go
    in any direction, but a direction similar to the original direction is more likely, especially for
    high-energy X-rays. The probability for different scattering angles are described by the Klein–
    Nishina formula. The transferred energy can be directly obtained from the scattering angle
    from the conservation of energy and momentum.

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