History Of Medical Radiation

Radiation - Historical background | Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/science/radiation/Historical-background

The principal types and sources of such radiation are: (1) cosmic rays, which impinge on the Earth from outer space (Table 3; Figure 4); (2) terrestrial radiations, which are released by the disintegration of radium, thorium, uranium, and other radioactive …

The history of radiation use in medicine - ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0741521410017271

The history of radiation use in medicine - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20869835/

Abstract. Introduction: Radiation was discovered just slightly more than a century ago, with a profound effect on both industry and medicine. Several notable scientists were …

ASRT History

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Early History. In the century since Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of the x-ray in 1895, radiology has advanced from a scientific curiosity to a medical necessity. The …