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Article #468Re: How to electronically detect X-RAYS???
From: Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:45
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:45
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In article <1992Nov3.190433.2426@dtint.uucp>, Allen Wallace <allen@dtint.dtint.com> writes...
>Also, how does airport X-RAY machines work?
It's basically a fluro unit, with an imaging chain.
thin layer of
scintillator TV camera
on surface of image (with very
intensifier intensifier sensitive
bag tube __________ pickup tube)
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!rover.uchicago.edu!frank From: frank@rover.uchicago.edu (Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger) Subject: Re: How to electronically detect X-RAYS??? Message-ID: <4NOV199208454833@rover.uchicago.edu> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: frank@rover.uchicago.edu Organization: Joint Center for Radiation Therapy References: <1992Oct31.170935.1393@cactus.org> <1992Nov3.190433.2426@dtint.uucp> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 14:45:00 GMT Lines: 21