{"id":2264,"date":"2023-06-13T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/?page_id=2264"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:49:25","slug":"x-ray-irradiator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/equipment\/x-ray-irradiator\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Ray Irradiator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2336 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-600x797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1375\/2023\/07\/xrad320-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>The X-Rad320 (Precision X-ray, Inc) is a self-contained and shielded unit that can be used for irradiating specimens or small animals with orthovoltage x-rays.\u00a0 The system is equipped with a manually adjustable sample shelf (variable positions), switchable filters to control the hardness of the x-ray beam, and an adjustable collimator to control the radiation field size.<\/p>\n<p>The primary features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Irradiation energy<\/strong>: 5-320 kVp, 4200 W<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dose rate<\/strong>: dependent on filter used and shelf position; &gt;15 Gy\/min with no filter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switchable filters<\/strong>: F1 [2 mm Al], F2 [1.5 mm Al + 0.25 mm Cu + 0.75 mm Sn]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collimation<\/strong>: variable, from 1&#215;1 cm up to 20&#215;20 cm at 50 cm fixed shelf distance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The X-Rad320 (Precision X-ray, Inc) is a self-contained and shielded unit that can be used for irradiating specimens or small animals with orthovoltage x-rays.\u00a0 The system is equipped with a manually adjustable sample shelf (variable positions), switchable filters to control the hardness of the x-ray beam, and an adjustable collimator to control the radiation field &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/equipment\/x-ray-irradiator\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about X-Ray Irradiator\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":0,"parent":2260,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2264","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2264\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/rrcf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}