{"id":4381,"date":"2025-03-31T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/portfolio_page\/multi-layer-anode-for-x-ray-production-in-radiotherapy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:15:56","slug":"multi-layer-anode-for-x-ray-production-in-radiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/en\/portfolio_page\/multi-layer-anode-for-x-ray-production-in-radiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-layer anode for X-ray production in radiotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html]W3dwc2VvX2JyZWFkY3J1bWJd[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Multi-layer anode for X-ray production in radiotherapy<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span class=\"TextRun SCXW247483109 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247483109 BCX0\">The invention concerns an innovative configuration of an anode for producing X-radiation in charged particle (electron) accelerators for the purpose of radiotherapy treatments. In particular, the invention is aimed at carrying out treatments using high charge\/photon fluxes produced for external beam treatments in Flash regime. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW247483109 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4383&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #20415c;\">How does it work?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In conventional Linacs, the electron beam strikes a metal anode generating X-rays by bremsstrahlung, with doses of a few Gy\/min. 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