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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Smiths Heimann Gmbh, Wiesbaden, DE;
Steven Neil Urchuk, Melrose, MA (US);
Stephen J. Quigley, East Hampstead, NH (US);
Hans Weedon, Salem, MA (US);
Aissa Abdulmagid, Billerica, MA (US);
Knut Beneke, Ober-Olm, DE;
Claus Meder, Rossdorf, DE;
Dirk Naumann, Lorsch, DE;
ANALOGIC CORPORATION, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for selectively inhibiting radiation from being generated by a radiation source are provided. A radiation source comprises an electrically conductive gate situated between a cathode and an anode. When a voltage potential is created between the gate and the cathode, a flow of electrons between the cathode and the anode is mitigated, thus inhibiting radiation from being generated by the radiation source. When the voltage potential is removed or lessened, electrons may more freely flow between the cathode and the anode to generate radiation. In some embodiments, a calibration, such as a dark calibration, may be performed while the gate mitigates the flow of electrons. Moreover, in some embodiments, an accelerating voltage applied to the radiation source may be held substantially constant when radiation is generated as well as when radiation generation is inhibited.