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Cold Cathode Radiation Sources
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (512) 997-7782
Email: fowler@stellar-micro.com
Title: President
Phone: (512) 997-7781
Email: eaton@stellar-micro.com
The proposed Flat panel X-ray Sources (FPXS) use cold cathode arrays lithographically formed on the exit
window to emit hundred of thousands of e-beams towards a broad X-ray target. The X-rays thus generated emit
out past the cathode arrays and the exit window. Since the X-ray flux is generated across a wide area it can be
directed locally and directly towards objects to be sterilized, such as blood packets or medical products, either at the factory or in a hospital. Local generation of the X-rays allows the use of much safer anode voltages on the
order of 150 kV or lower. Self-shielding, electrical, non-radioactive systems can be built using the FPXS
panels to replace Ce-137 blood sterilizers and Co-60 medical products sterilization plants.
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