Design and production of a fixed anode x-ray tube

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 153 - 158, 15.08.2018

Mert Arslan , İlyas Kacar , Tunahan Yadigaroğlu Meltem Muhsuroğlu

Abstract

Nowadays, X-ray has had a wide range of
applications in nuclear imaging, medicine, and industry. In our country, X‑rays are widely used in these fields. However,
we are in dependence on foreign sources on the X-ray devices. In our study, it is aimed to design a fixed anode
type X-ray tube which is essential in
medical imaging techniques by using the local opportunities, to carry out
production of a prototype and to observe the X-rays experimentally. As a result, an X-ray tube is designed and three X-ray tube prototypes are manufactured by forming of Pyrex glass. X-rays are measured by using dental X-ray film and Geiger Muller counter.

Keywords

Fixed anode , Prototype , X-ray

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