page_title: X-ray machine
hierarchical_section_title: X-ray machine
caption_attribution_description: English: Components of projectional radiography, including X-ray generator and detector.
context_page_description: An X-ray machine is any machine that involves X-rays. It may consist of an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector.
  Examples include:
  Machines for medical projectional radiography
  Machines for computed tomography
  Backscatter X-ray machines, used as "body scanners" in airport security
  Detectors in X-ray astronomy
  In 1909, Mónico Sánchez Moreno inventor of the first portable x-ray machine.
context_section_description: An X-ray machine is any machine that involves X-rays. It may consist of an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector.
  Examples include:
  Machines for medical projectional radiography
  Machines for computed tomography
  Backscatter X-ray machines, used as "body scanners" in airport security
  Detectors in X-ray astronomy
  In 1909, Mónico Sánchez Moreno inventor of the first portable x-ray machine.
caption: Acquisition of medical projectional radiography, with an X-ray generator and a detector.
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