Design of band-pass filters in fluoroscopy by experimental and simulation methods for the 40 keV energy X-ray

Highlights: • The impacts of thickness and filter material were examined on the resolution, absorbed dose, and image quality. • We found that the use of filters increases the resolution, image quality. • 0.1 mm thickness tin element was selected most suitable element for the filter. - Abstract: This study was carried out empirical computational and to design filters that while eliminating low-energy radiations according to the conventional methods attenuate high-energy beams that do not fundamentally affect images quality improvement and the absorbed patient dose reduction as well. In this regard, the impacts of thickness and filter material were examined on the contrast, resolution, absorbed patient dose, and image quality. We found that the use of filters increases the resolution, image quality and reduces the output dose intensity greatly, and the 0.1 mm thickness tin element was selected as the most suitable element for the filter.