X-Ray

The damn thing looks alive . . .

May I pet it,Sir?

Such a neat little Giger monster...

I agree, Very Giger

I am a radiographer (x-ray tech) and I dont recognize that thing... lol

Before I scrolled down to the comments, the first thing I thought when I saw this picture was "it looks alive!"

I remember having an x-ray in "94 and that 's similar to the one that was used on me! I'm guessing that is a late "60's to early "70's machine!. Talk about vintage!

This is an interesting setup. What is pictured is a fairly standard overhead tube crane used for postioning and a fairly standard collimator used to reduce the dose of x-rays. I am facinated by the tube however as it is an unusual shape. The silver cap will be covering the anode and the smaller button shaped feature is over the cathode. typical tubes have a cylindrical enclosure with ports for the anode and cathode in a completely different location. Looks like a small diameter anode therefore it would have a low kiloheat unit (KHu) rating and be for light duty. Also radiographic only examinations for urology studies have been out of vogue since the 1960's placing this system from then or earlier.

This looks like part of the old Picker machine I trained on in 1977-79. We used it for urology studies.

It lookes alitle like a dead dog