FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A CHANNELING RADIATION SOURCE FOR APPLICATIONS IN THE X-RAY REGION

Channeling radiation is a strong candidate for the application of smal l electron accelerators in many fields of science (medicine) and appli ed physics. In medical physics monochromatic and tunable radiation off ers the possibility of monochromatic X-ray imaging with the advantages of reducing dose and improving the contrast of the image. I present p otential examples in the diagnostic investigation of mammography and a ngiography (K-edge DSA). The implementation of X-ray lenses for energy selection of X-ray radiation in channeling X-ray beam analysis could improve the diagnostic radiology of tumors, based on the K-shell ioniz ation of the physiologic atoms of suspect biologic tissue.