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How does an x ray machine work?

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x-ray capsule

patient bed


x-rays were first dicovered by

Wilhem ¨ Roetgen by accident in 1895

x-ray arm


radiation vacuum

During an experiment using glass

Cathode

tubes

detector


Roetgen ¨

discovered

what would be known as

electrons

film te pla


tun pla gsten te

e d o an

electrons


vacuum

filament

e d o h t ca

window


the

target

glass window is

constructed

to

allow less & scatter

waste

radiation


the

filament

transmits the electrons to the

tungsten plate

the

tungsten

plate

& spins

heats up

the heat

is

converted

into

light


the

electrons the

create

which

beam are

negatively

charged


the

electron stream travels

high

& so

at such a

speed

is stopped

suddenly by the anode that the

electrons

turn into

x-rays


when the x-ray hits the

body

the rays pene

tissue

of the hig density


y

etrate the

gh

y matter

...bones


radiation creates a

negative

image of the bone density and surrounding t is

not

dete


e

tissue

ected


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