X-ray micro-target source
First Claim
1. X-ray generation apparatus including an elongated target body and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount, the target body including a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongate target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the target body, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body.
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Abstract
X-ray generation apparatus including an elongated target body and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount. The target body includes a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongate target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the target body. The mount provides a heat sink for the target body.
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41 Claims
- 1. X-ray generation apparatus including an elongated target body and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount, the target body including a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongate target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the target body, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body.
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- 25. A method of generating x-ray radiation comprising directing a beam of electrons of suitable energy onto an elongate target body from laterally of the target body, wherein said target body projects from a mount for the body to a tip remote from the mount, and wherein the target body includes a substance that, on being irradiated by said beam of electrons, generates a source of x-ray radiation, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body.
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