X-ray micro-target source
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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, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body, the target body including at least one layer, displaced from said tip along a longitudinal axis of the elongated target body, of 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 said at least one layer of the target body; and
an aperture spaced from said tip in the longitudinal direction of said target body, to define a beam or cone of said x-ray radiation emitted generally about said tip.
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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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1. X-ray generation apparatus including:
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an elongated target body and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body, the target body including at least one layer, displaced from said tip along a longitudinal axis of the elongated target body, of 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 said at least one layer of the target body; and an aperture spaced from said tip in the longitudinal direction of said target body, to define a beam or cone of said x-ray radiation emitted generally about said tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of generating x-ray radiation comprising:
directing a beam of electrons of suitable energy onto an elongated 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 at least one layer, displaced from said tip along a longitudinal axis of the elongated target body, of 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 and defining a beam or cone of such x-ray radiation emitted generally about said tip by means of an aperture spaced from said tip in the longitudinal direction of said target body. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. X-ray generation apparatus comprising:
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an elongated target body, the target body being an elongated cone having a length and a width and formed of respective layers extending substantially wholly across the width of the body and arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of said target body, each layer comprising a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongated target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the respective layer; and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body; and wherein the characteristic energies of the x-ray radiation generated by the respective layers differ for a given incident electron energy. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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- 53. 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 is an elongated cone having a length and a width and is formed of respective layers extending substantially across the width of the body and arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of said target body, each layer comprising 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, wherein the characteristic energies of the x-ray radiation generated by the respective layers differ for a given incident electron energy.
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64. 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, and wherein said elongated target body is an elongated cone having a taper with an included angle less than 10°
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66. A method of generating x-ray radiation, comprising:
directing a beam of electrons of suitable energy onto an elongated 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, and wherein said elongated target body is an elongated cone having a taper with an included angle less than 10°
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68. X-ray generation apparatus comprising:
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an elongated target body, the target body having a length and a width and formed of respective layers extending substantially wholly across the width of the body and arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of said target body, each layer comprising a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongated target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the respective layer; and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount, said mount providing a heat sink for said target body; and wherein the characteristic energies of the x-ray radiation generated by the respective layers differ for a given incident electron energy, and said x-ray radiation is a divergent beam directed laterally with respect to said beam of electrons about said tip. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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- 76. 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 has a length and a width and is formed of respective layers extending substantially across the width of the body and arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of said target body, each layer comprising 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, wherein the characteristic energies of the x-ray radiation generated by the respective layers differ for a given incident electron energy, and said x-ray radiation is a divergent beam directed laterally with respect to said beam of electrons about said tip.
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