Editing X-ray machine (section)

===Medical imaging===
[[File:Projectional radiography components.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Acquisition of [[projectional radiography]], with an X-ray generator and a [[X-ray detector|detector]].]]
In medical imaging applications, an X-ray machine has a control console that is used by a radiologic technologist to select X-ray techniques suitable for the specific exam, a power supply that creates and produces the desired kVp (peak kilovoltage), mA (milliamperes, sometimes referred to as mAs which is actually mA multiplied by the desired exposure length) for the X-ray tube, and the X-ray tube itself.