Every month we will select a radiograph submitted by a Faxitron system owner/user to feature on our website. Radiographic quality counts! So describe what’s special about your image and why it should be the “Image of the Month.” Please e-mail your image along with your name, company/institution, and a short description of the image to sales@faxitron.com
If your submission is selected, you’ll receive a copy of Bert Myers’ book, ”Inner Beauty of Nature – X-Ray Photography,“ a 158-page testament to nature as art. Read more about how Bert Myer’s chose Faxitron to create his x-ray photography below.
Winners will be notified monthly.
Finding a Suitable X-Ray Machine
By Bert Myers
To make radiographs, almost any source of irradiation will do, but to image less dense objects like flowers, one will need a machine capable of producing “soft” x-rays – those in the 10-40 Kilovolt range. A small focal spot and a long tube-to-film distance will improve sharpness and depth of field in the image. Any x-ray machine used on humans – even dental units – will do for hard objects such as shells – but for “soft” objects such as flowers, one will need one with a beryllium widow. The ideal one produces both soft and hard x-rays; the one I use is called a Faxitron, and is completely safe for the operator, as the x-ray beam will not go on until the heavily lead-lined cabinet is fully closed – NO STRAY RADIATION ESCAPES THE UNIT.
The machines are used for specimen radiography, mainly of breast biopsies. They are generally used by the hospital staff during working days, and should be available for use for art on nights and weekends.
