Abstract: A device for storing a source of photons and for irradiating a body by the radiation from said source, comprisinga body for biological protection provided with a cylindrical cavity of circular section and two so-called first and second passages respectively, these passages opening at one and the other of their ends in said cavity and on the outer wall of the body,a disc for biological protection, whose shape is complementary of that of the cavity of the body and presenting, on the one hand, a housing centered on an axis perpendicular to the axis of the cavity, this housing opening out on the side wall of the disc,a source of Y radiation contained in said housing,a precollimator disposed at right angles to said first passage,means for rotating said disc between a first position for which said source is opposite the precollimator and a second position for which the source is in stored position.

Abstract: A radiographic film magazine for receiving stacked films without any intercalary strips and feeding them one by one into a film-changer without any problems of adhesion by means of a spout-shaped receptacle in which the films are retained with a high degree of curvature, thus facilitating extraction of the films. The magazine is intended to equip high-speed film-changers as well as normal selectors provided with a film-gripping mechanism.

Abstract: A probe primarily applicable to medical echography for achieving a variable compromise between depth of field and lateral resolution incorporates a main piezoelectric transducer, a plano-convex lens having an elastic diaphragm, an auxiliary transducer for measuring the deflection of the lens and means for controlling the deflection in dependence on a reference value by modifying the pressure exerted on the diaphragm by the fluid contained within the lens.

Abstract: Magnetic system making it possible to obtain from a pulsed electron beam supplying bunches of electrons of density d.sub.o, a pulsed beam formed from electron groups of density k d.sub.o, said result being obtained by converting the variation of the momentum of the electrons emitted during the time .DELTA. t of the pulse into a length variation of the paths of said electrons, resulting in regrouping or rearrangement of the electrons within the bunch. This magnetic system has at least one electromagnet equipped with several pairs of pole pieces A, B, D defining a succession of air gaps in which are created, by means of at least one annular coil disposed therein, magnetic fields of different values.

Abstract: A spot filmer for a diagnostic X-ray apparatus can be front or back loaded with two standard sizes of X-ray film cassettes. This versatility is achieved by the provision of a pair of cassette holding half trays or frames and a precision drive including stepper motors enabling the cassette frames to be driven in unison longitudinally and transversely and in opposite directions transversely to adjust for cassette sizes and to achieve firm holding of cassettes during transport and radiography. Mechanical stops are not required in the precision drive. A cassette back edge locator bar is connected by a parallel bar linkage to each cassette half tray or frame and the locator bar is advanced and retracted automatically in response to relative lateral movements of the frames by the precision drive. Compactness, strength and durability and high reliability of the mechanism are attained. The precision drive is compatible with computer controls.

Abstract: The invention relates to a .gamma.-ray irradiation head for panoramic irradiation comprising a tungsten target revolving about an axis, and means for deflecting electrons around the same axis for producing photons in several directions either successively or simultaneously. When the beam of electrons is deflected in its entirety and when the impact zone moves on the target about the axis, the axis of the radiation lobe moves in the same way and permits irradiation according to a variable azimuth.

Abstract: A tomographic system wherein a movable overhead support containing a tiltable X-ray source is non-mechanically coupled to an X-ray receptor beneath an examination table for effecting a desired type of tomographic sweep or scan under the direct control of a stored program microcomputer. Depending upon the parameters inputted to the computer by the operator, the computer enables self-centering control circuits for the source and receptor whereby they are independently brought into vertical alignment over the examination table and thereafter caused to move in opposite directions under precise control of synchronized and mathematically related pulse trains applied to respective stepper motors, first to a calculated reference position and then in predetermined mutual relationship to obtain a tomogram.

Abstract: An ultra-sonic echography apparatus comprises a probe with multiple elements switched at the rate of transmission pulses and moved along a contour of the test body. Its position is registered by a pantograph cooperating with three sine-cosine potentiometers, the sine potentials of which control the horizontal deflection plates of a cathode-ray tube, while the cosine potentials control the vertical deflection plates and a fourth potentiometer adds potentials displaced by 90.degree. with respect to those delivered by the said three potentiometers, so as to control the beam position of the cathode ray tube for obtaining, on the screen thereof, a beam trace which is homothetic with respect to the ultrasonic beam in the test body.

Abstract: An irradiation apparatus comprising a fluid-tight enclosure in which are located a linear electron accelerator, a magnetron supplying a high frequency signal, means for injecting this high frequency signal into the accelerating structure, means for supplying voltage to the magnetron and the accelerator. A magnetic deflecting system can be associated with the linear accelerator for deflecting the accelerated electrons towards a target emitting X-rays. Cooling systems are provided inside the enclosure 1, in particular for cooling the magnetron.

Abstract: A diagnostic X-ray system operative in response to control signals from a stored program digital computer to generate an X-ray beam and to produce an image of the object through which the X-ray beam passes. The computer which is preferably a microprocessor has a plurality of selectable programs stored in a digital memory and is operable to control a plurality of operations such as maximizing image quality in terms of resolution, verifying the available anode heat capacity, providing the necessary wait time between successive exposures in a tomographic series, storing the X-ray tube(s) histories, storing and recalling X-ray factors on an anatomic basis and, among other things, making a calculation and display of a pseudo-dose.

Abstract: An apparatus used for radiotherapeutic purposes, designed to store a number of radioactive-source carriers and to facilitate their selective ejection via respective sheaths to remote applicators designed to contact anatomical parts to be treated, comprises a cylindrical body inside a metallic enclosure, the body being formed with a plurality of axially extending cylindrical cavities each adapted to accommodate a source carrier. Certain of these cavities, referred to as active, are open at both ends and are connected via respective conduits with associated entrance and exit connectors on the outer surface of the enclosure, the exit connectors being engageable by the ejection sheaths.

Abstract: An accelerating structure for a linear particle accelerator operating in the progressive wave mode or in the stationary wave mode and comprising at least one accelerating section and a complementary bunching or pre-accelerating section formed by a resonant cavity C of the "reentrant" type magnetically coupled with the first cavity of the accelerating section by means of a coupling iris, the cavity C having a length L=(2m+1).lambda..sub.o/4 and the distance D separating the interaction spaces of the cavity C and the first cavity of the accelerating section being equal to D=(2k+n/2+.alpha.).pi..beta..lambda..sub.o, with O.ltoreq..alpha..ltoreq.1/4, n and k being integers, .beta. being the reduced velocity v/c of the particles and .lambda..sub.o being the operating wave length of the accelerator.

Abstract: A motorized device for rotating i.e. tilting the X-ray tube assembly in a linear and/or complex tomography radiographic system comprising the combination of a permanent magnet stepper motor coupled to a rotatable X-ray tube assembly through a helicon gear set and a spur gear set. The X-ray tube assembly incrementally rotates one angular step with each input drive pulse applied to the stepper motor from a pulse generator operated in accordance with a control input applied from an electronic control system in response to sensed positional change of the X-ray tube assembly. The stepper motor when unenergized is nevertheless adapted to provide a holding torque capability which eliminates the need for a separate brake assembly.

Abstract: A stub-tuner for hyperfrequency coaxial line operating at high energy levels, comprising a first annular plate and a second annular plate arranged parallel to and one below the other, the plates being joined together by an outer ring and an inner ring which are respectively fixed to the outer and inner circumferences of the first and second annular plates, the rings being strips of blade-type contacts made of an elastic metallic material, means being provided for displacing the second annular plate relative to the first plate, these means comprising n push-jacks associated with a fluid-tight chamber into a fluid under pressure may be introduced, the n push-jacks so applying to the second plate a thrust directed perpendicularly thereof for pushing the second annular plate towards the first annular plate and so modifying the radius of curvature of the blade which rest under a predetermined pressure against the central and peripheral conductor walls, or push inner and outer strips of contactors, which are fixed

Abstract: A system for conducting circular as well as complex tomographic procedures utilizing apparatus which has no mechanical linkage between the X-ray source and the X-ray receptor. The path of travel of the X-ray source both circularly and linearly is sensed by electromagnetic radiation and more particularly by light radiation which is generated by a laser. The linear travel is sensed by means of reflected laser radiation directed to the X-ray source and fed to an interferometer. The circular travel, on the other hand, is sensed by means of a laser gyroscope also receiving light radiation from a laser. Optical energy sensing means is thus used to generate command signals which are coupled to respective drive motors which act to rotate and when desirable, translate the X-ray receptor so that its motion follows the motion, both orbital and linear, of the X-ray source for performing any desired type of tomographic procedure.

Abstract: An arrangement enables the frequency variation of a resonant element (an accelerating section for example) to be followed in dependence upon its temperature and the frequency of the hyperfrequency generator G feeding this resonant element Q to be controlled in dependence upon the frequency variations thereof. The arrangement comprises at least one reference cavity C associated with means for allowing the circulation of cooling fluid along the walls of said reference cavity and with heat supply for bringing it, at any instant, to the temperature of the resonant element Q, means for measuring the amplitude variation .DELTA.a of the signal corresponding to the frequency variation of said reference cavity C in terms of its temperature variation and a frequency variation system controlled by a signal proportional to the amplitude variation .DELTA.a, for modifying the operating frequency of the generator G.

Abstract: Device for measuring the volume of sections of a tubular blank by ultrasonic echography. An ultrasonic pulse emitter -receiver is associated with an auxiliary reflector. The transducer and the auxiliary reflector are mounted on a rotary head. The blank moves forward continuously and the ultrasonic beam describes a helix on its surface. On basis of the measurement of the distances from the transducer to the outer and inner surfaces of the tube, a computer calculates the elementary areas and volumes and compares the sum of the elementary volumes with a reference value. The sections of constant weight are marked by a component controlled by the computer.

Abstract: A device for furnishing a scanning beam intended for irradiating a target, the irradiating dose level having a predetermined distribution on the target. The device comprises a main magnetic system having a plurality of polepieces for scanning the charged particle beam and a secondary magnetic system having a plurality of polepieces and being located upstream of the main magnetic system for variably offsetting the beam entering the main magnetic system. In a preferred embodiment the main and secondary magnetic systems are provided with quadripoles with respective coils which are supplied in pairs with signals S.sub.X1, S.sub.Y1, and S.sub.X2, S.sub.Y2, the signals S.sub.X1, S.sub.Y1 being for example of "sawtooth" waveform and those S.sub.X2, S.sub.Y2 of "squarewave" waveform. The signals may be co-phasal or in phase-opposition.

Abstract: A controlled-frequency arrangement for feeding a linear charged particle accelerator and enabling the power reflected by the accelerator toward the microwave generator feeding it to be minimized when the accelerator is loaded by the particle beam. The feeding arrangement comprises means for obtaining a continuous signal v of which the amplitude is proportional to the phase shift .DELTA..phi. which may exist between the microwave signal injected into the accelerator and the signal stored in the accelerator, and for comparing this signal v with a variable reference signal v.sub.4 to obtain an error signal v - v.sub.r which, when applied to a frequency controlling system, causes the frequency F of the microwave generator associated with the accelerator to be suitably varied, this variation in frequency .alpha.F enabling the phase shift .alpha..phi. to be eliminated.

Abstract: A bucky translated under an X-ray table in radiographic apparatus of the linear tomography type wherein precise positioning with respect to the X-ray tubestand is achieved by a combination of a ball screw drive attached to the bucky and a permanent magnet stepper motor coupled thereto which incrementally rotates one step with each input drive pulse applied thereto from a pulse generator operated in accordance with a control input applied from an electronic control system in response to the sensed position change of the tubestand.