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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raymond D. McIntyre, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H01J 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); H01J 35/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An x-ray apparatus includes a source configured to generate electrons, a target configured to produce x-rays upon impingement of electrons, and a detector configured to detect electrons penetrating the target or reflected from the incident face of the target, indicative of damage to the target.