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The Development of Medical Imaging

Ron Stemple Thursday 1st January 1970

Medical imaging came to be at the turn of the twentieth century with the discovery of X-Rays and their power to penetrate the skin. Their short wave lengths and high energy allowed physicians to see broken bone, and chest X-Rays were used to in the early diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Computed Tomography, CT Scans, or CAT Scans Computed Axial Tomography were the second generation of X-Rays. Tomos is Greek for slice or section , graphia is describing. As named it describes an image of a particul…

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