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Modulated X-ray Source Licensed by Massachusetts General Hospital (August 2018)

Illustration of a neutron star. Image credit: Casey Reed - Penn State University

Illustration of a neutron star. Image credit: Casey Reed – Penn State University

Each month the Strategic Partnerships Office will tell the story of a renowned innovator at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center and show how their technological breakthroughs are brought from the labs to our lives.
This month features the Modulated X-Ray Source (MXS), a tool originally designed to use X-rays for deep
space communication and navigation which is being adapted to advance medical X-ray imaging.

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