X-ray tube

An X-Ray tube is a vacuum tube designed to produce man made X-Ray photons on demand. X-ray tubes are part of X-ray machines. By convention, photons of similar, and sometimes higher energy, but emanating from natural sources are called gamma rays.

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X-Ray - Photon - X-ray machine - Gamma rays

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X-Rays photons are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, historically named as extending from radio waves to microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet and gamma rays.

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The development of X-Ray tubes was an important historical event which enabled the field of radiology, for both imaging and treatment applications. Over decades, the development and usefulness of internal imaging using X-Rays spread into development and use of other physical modalities, e.g. ultrasound, radioactive isotope decay (nuclear medicine), nuclear magnetic resonance (MRI), etc.

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Radiology - X-Ray - Ultrasound - Radioactive isotope - Nuclear medicine - Nuclear magnetic resonance - MRI

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