Antique X-Ray Tubes and AccessoriesDr. HAKIM’S COLLECTION |
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Actively involved in Radiology for over fifty years, I have tried over the years to build a personal collection of antique x-ray tubes and accessories, hopefully, and modestly, contributing in the safeguard of a precious patrimony.
The collection started timidly with an early large-bulb Coolidge tube donated by a friend, and grew very slowly to its present size by more donations and acquisitions from different sources, locally and from all over the world. I am happy to dedicate it, first, to the memory of all the pioneers in Radiology and all the martyrs of radiation, to my teachers, and to all those who brought the Art of Radiology to where it stands.
But, with the emerging alternate imaging technologies, the field of Radiology proper is shrinking. So I also dedicate this collection, as a legacy, not only to colleagues and x-ray technologists wherever they may be, but also, and particularly, to future generations of Radiologists, or “Medical Imagists”, to whom, one day, the x-ray tube may become no more than a technical curiosity of the past.
I am happy to show in the following pages some items of the collection, with some comments. For certain items reliable information may be unavailable, scarce, or incomplete: references, suggestions, additions and corrections are invited, and will be most welcome.
(znhakim@cyberia.net.lb) Zahi N. Hakim, MD
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The items shown fall in the following categories :
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Hot Cathode Air-Cooled Tubes (Coolidge type)
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Oil-Immersed Fixed Anode Tubes and Tubes with Dedicated functions
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Updated March 2010 (Copyright) |