X-rays is one type of electromagnetic radiation that can send waves through the body which makes us see through the body tissue but it doesn’t go through the bone. Therefore it is used in hospitals to see if a person has a broken bone or any diseases. Because it can go through clothes and the human skin it is also used in airports to see if anybody has a knife or anything dangerous with them. X-rays were first discovered by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1985. Roentgen found x-rays by one day working in his laboratory and using a fluorescent tube. After he took out all the air from the tube and replaced it with a low pressure gas and but an electric voltage inside it would create a glow. After doing so he put a thick piece of black
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The first one is the x-ray tube, which is responsible for creating the x-ray light. The second one is the high voltage power source, which is needed to power the machine. The last main component is the console operator. The console operator is needed to switch the machine on and off, without a functioning one the machine cannot work. On the inside of the x-ray tube there is a filament or a cathode emitter, which are used to generate accelerated electrons. When the electrons are generated they move to the metal anode which has a current flowing through which is powered by the high voltage power source. After an electron beam is created the beam hits a focal point and it turns into x-ray photons. After this the photons flow in different directions and the the console operator then determines the voltage and current to create the right x-ray beam. The beam is then aimed at the target that has to checked. Then the x-ray beams enter the part of the body and take the picture to determine if for example the arm is broken or not. X-rays absorb dense parts of the body soft body parts such as the skin cannot absorb x-rays but the dense and hard bones can. By then absorbing the doctor creates an image and uses it to see if everything is as it should
The first one is the x-ray tube, which is responsible for creating the x-ray light. The second one is the high voltage power source, which is needed to power the machine. The last main component is the console operator. The console operator is needed to switch the machine on and off, without a functioning one the machine cannot work. On the inside of the x-ray tube there is a filament or a cathode emitter, which are used to generate accelerated electrons. When the electrons are generated they move to the metal anode which has a current flowing through which is powered by the high voltage power source. After an electron beam is created the beam hits a focal point and it turns into x-ray photons. After this the photons flow in different directions and the the console operator then determines the voltage and current to create the right x-ray beam. The beam is then aimed at the target that has to checked. Then the x-ray beams enter the part of the body and take the picture to determine if for example the arm is broken or not. X-rays absorb dense parts of the body soft body parts such as the skin cannot absorb x-rays but the dense and hard bones can. By then absorbing the doctor creates an image and uses it to see if everything is as it should