X-Ray
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by German Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.
By the early 1900′s X-ray machines were used to take images of the chest and head areas. They worked by placing a special film under the body and directing the x-rays through the body onto the film.
Early 1900's X-Ray
In 1910 Marie Cure published her Theory of Radioactivity about the cancer-causing effects of x-rays.
Doctors began experimenting with lead to counter the radioactive effects of the machines.
The first x-ray image a person’s jaw was taken in 1959.
World War II restored much of the public’s declining faith in x-ray imaging by allowing doctors to easily detect the location of bullets and shrapnel lodged in a soldier’s body.
World War II X-Ray Machine
In 1972 British engineer Godfrey Hounsfiel invented CAT scanning. The CAT scan consists of a hollow tube with x-ray tubes lining the perimiter and the patient wearing a lead sheet on the inside. The CAT scanning process worked splendidly and is still in use today.
Modern Day CAT Machine
