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US 2024/0274392 A1Published application
X-ray tube
AssigneeHamamatsu Photonics K.K.
InventorsAtsushi ISHII, Akimichi SHIMIZU
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Abstract
An X-ray tube includes a housing, a cathode disposed in the housing and configured to release electrons, a target disposed in the housing and configured to generate X-rays upon incidence of the electrons, a first tubular body surrounding the cathode inside the housing, and a getter disposed in a region where a trajectory of the electrons from the cathode to the target is not allowed to be seen in an inner region of the first tubular body.
Claims7
An X-ray tube comprising:
- a housing;
- a cathode disposed in the housing and configured to release electrons;
- a target disposed in the housing and configured to generate X-rays upon incidence of the electrons;
- a first tubular body surrounding the cathode inside the housing;
- and
- a getter disposed in a region where a trajectory of the electrons from the cathode to the target is not allowed to be seen in an inner region of the first tubular body.
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