Low-dose radiography by flying x-ray spot scanning (Lisar).

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Creator: 

Baleshta, Theodore M.

Date: 

1969

Abstract: 

Low-dose radiography can be achieved with flying x-ray spot scanning. An apparatus named 'LISAR', for Low-Intensity Scanning Apparatus for Radiography, was designed and built for the purpose of producing low-dose radiographs. The x-ray photon detection system uses a sodium iodide (thallium activated) crystal coupled to a photomultiplier tube resulting in an x-ray photon detection efficiency near 100%. Radiographs have been produced where the radiation dose given to the subject was as low as 6 urad. This thesis describes the theory and application of flying-spot scanning to low-dose radiography and the design of the LISAR.

Subject: 

Radiography
Radiation -- Dosage

Language: 

English

Publisher: 

Carleton University

Identifier: 

Library Catalogue Record
https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/1969-12303

Thesis Degree Name: 

Master of Arts: 
M.Eng.

Thesis Degree Level: 

Master's

Thesis Degree Discipline: 

Engineering, Materials

Parent Collection: 

Theses and Dissertations

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