X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Source
Patent
1992-02-28
1994-06-21
Church, Craig E.
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Source
378122, H01J 3500
Patent
active
053234421
ABSTRACT:
An X-ray source that produces X-rays as a result of igniting an electron cyclotron resonance plasma inside a vacuumated dielectric spherical chamber filled with a heavy atomic weight, non-reactive gas or gas mixture at low pressure. The spherical chamber is located inside a non-vacuumated microwave resonant cavity that is in turn located between two magnets to form a magnetic mirror. Conventional microwave energy fed into the resonant cavity ignites the plasma and creates a hot electron ring which electrons bombard the heavy gas and dielectric material to create an X-ray emission. The X-ray source is suitable for surface and volume sterilization of foodstuffs, packaged goods, medical supplies, blood products and other materials and medical diagnostic and therapeutic devices such as tomography, mammography and radiology.
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Dugar-Zhabon Valeri D.
Golovanivsky Konstantin S.
Church Craig E.
Ruxam, Inc.
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