{"id":5538,"date":"2011-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/innovative-portable-x-ray-scanner-prototype-developed-may-2011-rome-italy\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T00:00:00","slug":"innovative-portable-x-ray-scanner-prototype-developed-may-2011-rome-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/innovative-portable-x-ray-scanner-prototype-developed-may-2011-rome-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative portable X-Ray scanner prototype developed, May 2011, Rome (Italy)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-5537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Nanoray-device.jpg\" border=\"null\" width=\"100\" height=\"77\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Nanoray-device.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Nanoray-device-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>INNOVA\u2019s in-house private research laboratory, Labor srl, has developed a prototype for a novel X-Ray scanner within the EU-funded research project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanoray-project.eu\/\">NANORAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NANORAY is an innovative device capable to generate X-rays by means of a novel concept of cold cathode, based on carbon nanotubes selectively grown upon ad-hoc synthesized.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The system is portable, with an overall weight of less than 5kg (including power supply), allowing the use of X-rays in places like ambulances or in field security surveys. In addition to portability and easiness to use, the system provides higher image resolution with respect to the state of the art of X-rays devices thanks to the smaller focal spot, and it represents a cost effective solution for everyone is facing the economic issues related to the maintenance of thermionic cathodes.<\/p>\n<p>See the prototype presentation <a href=\"http:\/\/it.euronews.net\/2011\/05\/09\/nanoray-nuova-generazione-di-raggi-x\/\">here<\/a> (in Italian).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INNOVA\u2019s in-house private research laboratory, Labor srl, has developed a prototype for a novel X-Ray scanner within the EU-funded research project NANORAY. NANORAY is an innovative device capable to generate X-rays by means of a novel concept of cold cathode, based on carbon nanotubes selectively grown upon ad-hoc synthesized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Innovative portable X-Ray scanner prototype developed, May 2011, Rome (Italy) - INNOVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innova-eu.net\/innovative-portable-x-ray-scanner-prototype-developed-may-2011-rome-italy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Innovative portable X-Ray scanner prototype developed, May 2011, Rome (Italy) - INNOVA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"INNOVA\u2019s in-house private research laboratory, Labor srl, has developed a prototype for a novel X-Ray scanner within the EU-funded research project NANORAY. 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