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A small cylindrical x-ray source tube displayed as a sculptural object on a pedestal against a dark gallery wall

20 Oct The Shrinking Source: Carbon-Nanotube X-Ray Tubes and the Quiet Reinvention of How a Dental Radiograph Begins

Posted at 11:31h in Dental Imaging by Raymond 0 Comments
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We spend our attention on the sensor and the software and almost none on the small hot filament where every radiograph actually begins. A century-old design — a wire heated until it glows and boils off electrons — is finally being replaced by a film...

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A handheld intraoral X-ray unit with a round backscatter shield, cradled in gloved hands under gallery lighting

04 Feb The Weight in the Hand: Handheld and Wall-Mounted X-Ray, and What the Dose Really Costs

Posted at 10:12h in Dental Imaging by Raymond 0 Comments
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A handheld X-ray unit is a beautiful piece of engineering, and it puts the source of the beam in the operator's own hand. The image it makes is identical to the wall-mounted tube's. The dose it delivers to the person holding it is not....

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