What Students Need to Know about Fundamentals of X Ray Production In Radio Diagnosis

Xrays (or much more rarely, and usually historically, xradiation or Roentgen rays) represent a form of ionizing electromagnetic radiation. They are produced by an xray tube, using a high voltage to accelerate the electrons produced by its cathode. The produced electrons interact with the anode, thus producing xrays. The xrays produced include Bremsstrahlung and the characteristic radiation for the anode element. Xrays can interact with matter by the following: photoelectric effect Compton effect Rayleigh or classical scattering pair production (not possible in the diagnostic radiology range) ionization Xrays were discovered by the German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen (18451923) in 1895. They were named xrays or xradiation as Rontgen did not know what they were, and he was using the symbol x for an unknown quantity or thing 1. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking discovery. Xrays are produced by highenergy electrons bombarding