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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Daren R. Norman, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Woo Y. Yoon, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
James L. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kevin J. Haskell, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brion D. Bennett, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Charles W. Tschaggeny, Woods Cross, UT (US);
Warren F. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Daren R. Norman, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Woo Y. Yoon, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
James L. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kevin J. Haskell, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Brion D. Bennett, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Charles W. Tschaggeny, Woods Cross, UT (US);
Warren F. Jones, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Allliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A collimator including a housing having disposed therein a shield element surrounding a converter core in which a photon beam is generated from electrons emanating from a linear accelerator. A beam channeler longitudinally adjacent the shield element has a beam aperture therethrough coaxially aligned with, and of the same diameter as, an exit bore of the converter core. A larger entry bore in the converter core is coaxial with, and longitudinally separated from, the exit bore thereof. Systems incorporating the collimator are also disclosed.