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The effect on the X-ray beam spectrum after decreasing the kVp from 80 to 60. The effective energy decreases from 55 keV to 45 keV, but the intensity of the beam, the area under the curve, is too limited because of the increased attenuation of the copper at the low X-ray energy (reprinted with permission from Philips Medical Systems [22])
