components of an X-ray Tube? The x-ray tube consists of an electrode pair - a cathode and an anode. The cathode is a negatively charged heated filament made from tungsten. The anode is a positively charged flat disc‚ also made from tungsten. The electrode pair sits inside a glass vacuum tube‚ which is lined with lead for protection. 2) State the two interactions that occur in the X-ray tube to produce the x-ray beam Bermsstralhung interaction and Characteristic interaction. 3) The X-ray beam is attenuated
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X-Ray scans INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES ________________________ Technology has had a major impact on human life and has had a similar effect on human health as well. There have been many advances in medical imaging and medical practices over the years. These technologies include: X-rays‚ CAT Scans‚ NMRIs‚ Mammograms‚ and many more. With the introduction of many new types of scans‚ medical professionals are able to diagnose and treat many diseases including cancer. However‚ the technologies
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Ray Kroc story Process essay Ray Kroc story Pedro Sousa Level 7 UPP Marika Cooper April 16th‚ 2014 “If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality‚ Service‚ Cleanliness and Value‚ I think I’d probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them” (Kroc‚ n.d.). It was with a lot of ambition‚ business experience and will to succeed that 52 year-old Raymond Albert Kroc turned a local restaurant from San Bernardino
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backscatter X-ray is the right choice when compared to traditional X-rays or metal detectors. On December 27‚ 2006‚ the author‚ Thomas Frank‚whom is the aviation security correspondant for USA Today‚ wrote‚ "X-ray Tests Both Security‚ Privacy‚" and made valid points concerning the fear of radiation‚ how easily it finds metal guns and knives‚ and the provacy issue that surrounds X-ray technology (5). Throughout this essay Thomas Frank was able to write about the facts surrounding X-rays and keep hs
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Gamma Rays in Radiotherapy 8B Lae Eun Kim In this unit‚ we learned that there are 7 types of radiation of the electromagnetic spectrum – gamma rays‚ x-rays‚ ultraviolet‚ visible spectrum‚ infrared‚ microwaves and radio waves. With different wavelengths‚ they each have different properties and uses. Gamma rays are the radiation with the smallest wavelengths – 10-12m to 10-10m – and the most energy and the most danger of any wave in the electromagnetic spectrum. Radiotherapy‚ a treatment the use
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“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury describes a future where everyone stays inside and watches T.V.‚ except for one man. For the past few years‚ Leonard Mead is the only person who takes walks through the lonely and deserted streets‚ when one night the only police car in the city interrogates him and then takes him to a psychiatric center for the sole reason that he was unlike the rest of society. Often people who think differently are misunderstood and as a result‚ they are treated unfairly. “The
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Ray Bradbury Biography U.S. author‚ born in Waukegan‚ Ill.‚ on Aug. 22‚ 1920. In his stories‚ Bradbury wove together the intrigue of changing technology with insightful social commentary. One of his best-known works was ’The Martian Chronicles’; a collection of interrelated stories concerning colonization of the planet Mars those attracted readers both young and old. In it‚ Bradbury portrayed the strengths and weaknesses of human beings as they encountered a new world. Ray Bradbury grew up in
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established the basic specifications for a next generation large capacity optical disc video recording format called "Blu-ray Disc". The Blu-ray Disc enables the recording‚ rewriting and play back of up to 27 gigabytes (GB) of data on a single sided single layer 12cm CD/DVD size disc using a 405nm blue-violet laser. By employing a short wavelength blue violet laser‚ the Blu-ray Disc successfully minimizes its beam spot size by making the numerical aperture (NA) on a field lens that converges the
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John Dawn II Professor Hesse ENGL 101 21 October 2013 The Sting The mind produces thoughts constantly‚ even when you do not look at them. When you know what is going on in your mind‚ you call it “consciousness.” This is your waking state – your consciousness shifts from sensation‚ from perception to perception‚ from idea to idea‚ in endless succession. Then comes “awareness‚” the direct insight into the whole of the consciousness‚ the entirety of the mind. The mind is like a river‚ flowing
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doi:10.1038/nature07378 L ETTERS Correlation between nanosecond X-ray flashes and stick–slip friction in peeling tape Carlos G. Camara1*‚ Juan V. Escobar1*‚ Jonathan R. Hird1 & Seth J. Putterman1 Relative motion between two contacting surfaces can produce visible light‚ called triboluminescence1. This concentration of diffuse mechanical energy into electromagnetic radiation has previously been observed to extend even to X-ray energies2. Here we report that peeling common adhesive tape in a
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