X-Rays, Radiation, Medical Engineering

Components for X-ray and radiation shielding (W, HM, HM-polymer) [7.20-7.23]. Typical examples are containers or flasks for radioactive materials and liquids, shielded syringes (Fig. 7.16), shielding eonstraction parts such as collimators in computer tomographic scanners (Fig. 7.17), radiation therapy instmments, and containers and shielding for oil prospecting using radioactive sources (Fig. 7.18). 

Infrared reflector lamps (NS-W) used in medicine and health promotion (for example, treatment of hyperbilirubinaemia in a baby). 

FIGURE 7.15. Rotating X-ray target with graphite body and tungsten-rhenuim focal track. By courtesy of Plansee AG, Austria. 

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