Laser-generated plasmas as a source of x rays for medical applications
- 1 April 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (4) , 1891-1895
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663511
Abstract
High‐resolution medical radiographs have been produced with a laser‐generated plasma x‐ray source. The nanosecond pulse width is capable of arresting biological motion. In addition, the soft x rays from this source have been transmitted through a new type of x‐ray beam handling device, the x‐ray pipe, which is an x‐ray analogue of the conventional light pipe. This may allow new medical applications such as channeling soft x rays to internal locations of the body without damaging intervening tissue.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- High-Resolution Microradiography Using Low-Voltage X-RaysJournal of Applied Physics, 1956