Patent ID: 7289600
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: A61L,G21K

Abstract:
1. A process for irradiating products by means of a high energy X-ray beam source in an installation having an irradiation chamber, said process comprising the steps of: determining the density of the products to be irradiated, in order to irradiate said products as a stack, predetermining, on the basis of said density, the optimal size of the product stack able to optimize the throughput of the installation and/or the dose uniformity ratio (DUR), in the irradiation chamber, loading products as a stack of said optimal size onto rotation means located in front of the X-ray beam source, while rotating the rotation means around a rotation axis, irradiating said products from a lateral side of said product stack without using a collimator wherein said steps are controlled by a controlling means.