Repetitive flash x-ray generator operated at low-dose rates for a medical x-ray television system

Eiichi Sato; Hiroshi Isobe; Kei Takahashi; Yoshiharu Tamakawa; Toru Yanagisawa

doi:10.1117/12.24044

1 April 1991 Repetitive flash x-ray generator operated at low-dose rates for a medical x-ray television system

Eiichi Sato, Hiroshi Isobe, Kei Takahashi, Yoshiharu Tamakawa, Toru Yanagisawa

Proceedings Volume 1358, 19th Intl Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24044
Event: 19th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 1990, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstract

The fundamental studies for the repetitive flash x-ray generator operated at lowdose rates for a medical x-ray television system are described. This x-ray generator consisted of the following components: a high-voltage power supply, an energy storage condenser of lOOnF, a coaxial cable condenser with a capacity of l000pF, a repetitive impulse switching system, a turbo molecular pump, and an x-ray tube having a cold cathode. The condenser was charged from 40 to 70kV by a power supply, and the electric charges stored in the condenser were discharged repetitively by using a trigger electrode operated by an impulse switching system. The x-ray tube was of the triode-type which was connected to the turbo molecular pump and had a large discharge impedance in order to prevent the damped oscillations of the tube current and voltage. The maximum tube voltage was equivalent to the initial charged voltage, and the peak current was less than 70A. The durations were about 2ps, and the x-ray intensities were less than 1. OpC/kg at 0. 5m per pulse. The repetition frequency was less than 50Hz, and the effective focal spot size was equivalent to the anode diameter of 3. 0mm. For the x-ray television system used in conjunction with this repetitive pulsed x-ray generator, since the electromagnetic noise primarily caused by the high tube current was decreased, noise-free stroboscopic radiography performed by the television system could be realized.

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Eiichi Sato, Hiroshi Isobe, Kei Takahashi, Yoshiharu Tamakawa, and Toru Yanagisawa "Repetitive flash x-ray generator operated at low-dose rates for a medical x-ray television system", Proc. SPIE 1358, 19th Intl Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 April 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.24044

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