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The Penetrating Power of Radiation
Definition of Penetrate :
To go through or into something, especially when this is difficult.
To discover the inner contents or meaning of.
The penetrating power of radiations is the measurement of energy of those radiations. As the energy of radiations increases,...
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)
A PET Scan uses a small amount of a radioactive tracer (drug) to show difference between healthy and cancer tissue.
The role of this procedure is to detect the metabolically active malignant lesions...
What is Anode?
Component of X-Ray Tube:
(ANODE)
The positive terminal in x-ray tube is called the anode.
Anode of x-ray tubes are of two types.
1. Stationary Anode
2. Rotating Anode
Stationary Anode:
The anode...
What is Cathode?
COMPONENT OF X-RAY TUBE (Cathode)
The negative terminal of the x-ray tube is called the cathode.
It has got a filament (which is the source of electron for the x-ray tube).
The cathode has two other elements. These are the connecting wires, which supply both the...
Glass Enclosure
X-Ray Tube Components
This section will describe the design of the x-ray tube and which x-ray component are used:
Fig.1 X-Ray tube
1. Glass Enclosure (Envelope)
2. Cathode
3. Anode
4. focusing cup
5. Insulating oil
6. Window
7. Filter
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