Title: Diffraction camera for imaging penetrating radiation

Abstract: A diffraction camera type imaging device for x-rays/gamma rays/neutrons employs at least one single crystal bent to conform to the radius of a sphere of radius 2R and ground to fit snugly on a Rowland sphere of radius R will, when rotated about an axis normal to the axis of symmetry of the crystal or translated rectilinearly along said axis of symmetry, focus, by Bragg diffraction, a two-dimensional x-ray/gamma ray/neutron radiating object to a two dimensional image.

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Inventors: Carroll, Jr., Edward E. (Gainesville, FL, US)

Application Number: 911666
Filing Date: 1978-06-01
Publication_date: 1980-05-13
Assignee: University of Florida Board of Regents (Tallahasee, FL)
Primary Class(es): 378/85 378/84, 378/145
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US Patent Ref:

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Primary Examiner: Smith, Alfred E.
Assistant Examiner: Grigsby, T. N.
Attorney: Stowell; Harold L.