The proposed apparatus has a unique X-ray tube with a nanosecond highvoltage generator, which serves as an X-ray radiation source. Pulse duration is reduced to several nanoseconds, which enables an afterglow effect of the scintillator (a substance transforming the X-ray radiation into visible light) and makes it possible to obtain an image with little exposure to the X-ray radiation.

  The developed electrical circuit and X-ray tube allow a fundamentally new approach to be realized to the generation of X-ray radiation, which has had no analogues in the world. The Institute of Electrophysics has developed a mobile X-ray apparatus with unique characteristics, which has been tested in hospitals and is ready for launching into full-scale production.

  An innovative feature of the proposed technology that distinguishes it from the existing X-ray diagnostic equipment is the different type of X-ray radiation generation. Ultra short X-ray pulses (of several nanoseconds) make it possible to considerably reduce the radiation dose, to which the patients and staff are exposed; to simplify the design of high-voltage generators; to downsize the equipment; and to improve reliability.