System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof
Abstract
A radiograph system with an anode plate, a cathode plate, and a power source coupled to said anode plate and the cathode plate. At least two wires coupled between the anode plate and the cathode plate provide a configuration to form an X-pinch having a photon source size of less than five microns at energies above 2.5 keV. Material at the configuration forming the X-pinch vaporizes upon application of a suitable current to the wires forming a dense hot plasma and emitting a single x-ray pulse with sufficient photons having energies in the range of from about 2.5 keV to about 20 keV to provide a phase contrast image of an object in the path of the photons. Multiple simultaneous images may be formed of a plurality of objects. Suitable filters and x-ray detectors are provided.
- Inventors:
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- Ithaca, NY
- Moscow, RU
- Albuquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 919844
- Patent Number(s):
- 7292676
- Application Number:
- 11/215,200
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21K - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-98ER54496
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Chandler, Katherine, Chelkovenko, Tatiana, Hammer, David, Pikuz, Sergei, Sinars, Daniel, and Song, Byungmoo. System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web.
Chandler, Katherine, Chelkovenko, Tatiana, Hammer, David, Pikuz, Sergei, Sinars, Daniel, & Song, Byungmoo. System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof. United States.
Chandler, Katherine, Chelkovenko, Tatiana, Hammer, David, Pikuz, Sergei, Sinars, Daniel, and Song, Byungmoo. Tue .
"System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/919844.
@article{osti_919844,
title = {System for phase-contrast x-ray radiography using X pinch radiation and a method thereof},
author = {Chandler, Katherine and Chelkovenko, Tatiana and Hammer, David and Pikuz, Sergei and Sinars, Daniel and Song, Byungmoo},
abstractNote = {A radiograph system with an anode plate, a cathode plate, and a power source coupled to said anode plate and the cathode plate. At least two wires coupled between the anode plate and the cathode plate provide a configuration to form an X-pinch having a photon source size of less than five microns at energies above 2.5 keV. Material at the configuration forming the X-pinch vaporizes upon application of a suitable current to the wires forming a dense hot plasma and emitting a single x-ray pulse with sufficient photons having energies in the range of from about 2.5 keV to about 20 keV to provide a phase contrast image of an object in the path of the photons. Multiple simultaneous images may be formed of a plurality of objects. Suitable filters and x-ray detectors are provided.},
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