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Assuming a simplified polychromatic model with three energetic subfractions for two maximum beam energy settings (120 kVp, left plot, and 80 kVp, right plot), the resulting absorption within gold is plotted vs the absorber thickness for each energy subfraction. Clearly, the lower energetic fractions which contain the maximum of wavelengths in a typical spectrum are massively absorbed by a gold restoration in the beam
