X-Ray Medical History

History of Medicine: X-ray Imaging | Columbia Surgery

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Wilhelm Roentgen, Professor of Physics in Wurzburg, Bavaria, discovered X-rays in 1895—accidentally—while testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass. His cathode tube was covered in heavy black paper, so he was …

X-rays - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and …

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X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, similar to visible light. Unlike light, however, x-rays have higher energy and can pass through most objects, including the body. Medical x-rays are used to generate …

X-ray - Wikipedia

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X-ray | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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Read a brief summary of this topic. X-ray, electromagnetic radiation of extremely short wavelength and high frequency, with wavelengths ranging from about 10 −8 to 10 −12 metre and …

History of the X-Ray - ThoughtCo

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History Of X-Ray Imaging • How Radiology Works

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X-Rays Discovered. X-Ray Imaging Predecessor. Rontgen discovered the unknown particles and hence called them x-rays as x typically is an unknown variable. He did so …