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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages 355-357Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1492305
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X-ray radiation is widely used in medical and industrial applications. The basic design of the x-ray tube has not changed significantly in the last century. In this paper, we demonstrate that medical diagnostic x-ray radiation can be generated using a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based field-emission cathode. The device can readily produce both continuous and pulsed x-rays with a programmable wave form and repetition rate. A total emission current of 28 mA was obtained from a 0.2 cm2 area CNT cathode. The x-ray intensity is sufficient to image a human extremity at 14 kVp and 180 mAs. Pulsed x-ray with a repetition rate greater than 100 kHz was readily achieved by programming the gate voltage. The CNT-based cold-cathode x-ray technology can potentially lead to portable and miniature x-ray sources for industrial and medical applications. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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