Every day, scientists are always looking into how to make technologies better. Inventions from the past have been innovated to work better, and faster than they have ever been before making things easier and quick to discover and work on. One of these inventions has been the X-ray. It was first discovered in 1895 by a German physics professor, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, who performed the first human X-ray on his wife’s hand. The X-ray has been around for a while now, and a plethora of changes have been made for the X-ray to work its best. The X-ray has brought many advantages into the medical field and has help save many lives.
Before the discovery of the X-ray many things were impossible to doctors, and scientists. When someone was hurt, for instance broken a bone, the doctor had to go in blind basically to find the almost exact location of the broken bone, and attempt to fix It. Doctors had to use physical examinations and their own guess to determine what they were looking for. A physical examination is simply looking at the body, feeling the body, listening to sounds the body makes, and usually tapping on the body to see what sound it produces. In the past, doctors could only use these methods to figure out where a broken bone was located, or a tumor, or even a bullet. Of course, theses examinations were not free no the patient, they had to pay. Life before the X-ray was un-imaginable, and the invention has helped people since then.
Even though the X-ray can have many advantages, it can also have disadvantages that limit its use. If exposed to long, or to too strong rays a process called ionizing radiation can happen. In this process any living tissues in a human body can be damage; because ionizing radiation (with enough s...
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I think society takes great advantage of the X-ray and does not appreciate it enough. Without such an amazing invention we wouldn’t be able to do many procedures that have become of daily life today. In our time we do not need to perform physical examinations to figure out what is wrong with a person, we can simply X-ray them to pin point the problem. However, x-rays can help a lot but we do need to be careful because they can be dangerous and hurt the person who is being helped. Our society sees X-rays in many places people use daily to help improve our society and make it a safer place, and benefit a hurt victim. In the future X-rays can go many places to help us improve the body, treat diseases, and maybe even prevent them from ever happening. X-rays will go a long way and help many people if used safely and correctly to help our society.
In dentistry there is a need for taking an x-ray, the x-ray is a way to help the dentist diagnose a patients oral hygiene and to see if there are any other areas in the mouth that may need to have any type of work. The dentist or the assistant will want to make sure that they can get all the teeth possible in the radiograph (x-ray) as possible to reduce the amount of exposure to the patient. Most people will have exposure to radiation just from standing outside in the sun for a long period of time, which is what we call “background exposure”.
The X-ray was first discovered in 1895 by a German physicist named W.C. Roentgen (“The Discovery”). W.C. Roentgen was working in his lab one day in 1895 and decided to send a high electrical current through a cathode ray filled with special gas. He realized that a dim green colored light was being produced, and decided to hold the cathode ray just above his wife’s hand. When he did this he observed that the light was able to penetrate human skin, but would leave all the bones visible. There is a picture below of the X-ray of W.C. Roentgen’s wife’s hand (“The Discovery”). He named it the X-ray because he did not know the identity of what kind of ray it was. He just named it X, because of its use in solving unknowns in algebraic equations (“The Discovery”).
The radiographic images will show the technician what is going on in the body (Study.com). However the radiologic technologists have to follow the exact instructions so the patient will get the proper diagnose (Bls.gov). This can only be done if the technician places the patient's body in the right position for the procedure (Study.com). Then the equipment must be places with the proper height and angle over the patient to get an image that is clear
harmful chemicals is used daily in order to process x-ray film. Harmful tools mixed with the lack
Digital x-rays. If you haven't had dental x-rays for awhile, you are in for a surprise. With digital x-rays, your dental needs are assessed quickly, while you remain calm and comfortable. There no longer are those sharp pieces of film that we used to dread. Digital x-rays will show small areas of decay before they become a problem. Deep cavities, gum disease and even some types of tumors can now be diagnosed and treated early to avoid serious dental health problems.
Driver, (2013), described the DEXA scanner as a machine that produces two x-ray beams of high and low energy levels. Much like fluoroscopy, the x-ray from the DEXA scanner comes from underneath the patient, and the scanner has a very low x-ray dose. Earlier versions of the DEXA scanner emitted radiation which required up to five minutes to scan an area of interest, but the more advanced machines can take as ...
...achines are not being studied or monitored so there is no way to know if the newer modern technology is a huge change. Those who have used the old machines that exposed more radiation are the ones that are older and those are the ones that have been studied. There is going to be more needed investigations to find out the cause of thyroid cancer. For now, it is said that dental x-rays is not the immediate cause for thyroid cancer.
To begin with, how has technology changed the field of radiology? Since the discovery of X-radiation there has been a need and desire for studying the human body and the diseases without actually any intervention. Over the past fifty years there has been a revolution in the field of radiology affecting medicine profoundly. “The ability to produce computers powerful enough to reconstruct accurate body images, yet small enough to fit comfortably in the radiology department, has been the major key to this progress”(Gerson 66). The core of radiology’s vast development consists of four diagnostic techniques: computed tomography (CT), digital subtraction angiography (DSA), ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These methods of diagnostic imaging provide accurate information that was not seen before. Amid this information advancement, radiologists have broadened their role of diagnostician. Gerson writes, “With the advent of computer-enhanced imagery and new interventional techniques, these physicians are able to take an active part in performing therapeutic procedures”(66). A radiology breakthrough in 1972 was computed tomography discovered by Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack. Unlike standard radiography, computed tomography would spin the X-ray tube 360 degrees and inversely another 360 degrees while the patient ta...
Today I’m going to inform you about X-ray Technology its history and how it been advancing since it’s been invented. Also will inform you how it is currently helping doctors and their patients.
These machines are costly and the fact that Alma College does not have one may prove to be an issue for some chiropractors. However, there are chiropractors who don’t require the use of X-Ray machines to provide services. Many chiropractors are able to treat normal patients without X-Rays. However, an X-Ray machine may be a worthy investment sometime down the road, especially if a chiropractor is hired.
Today, security is one of the most important concerns in the world. Modern technologies can serve as both weapons and protection. In the public places, such as stores and airports, companies use the machines called metal detectors. They prevent from bringing in and out objects that are not allowed. However, it creates some problems, such as false alarms and uncomfortable pat-downs, and makes this technology to be incompetent. In order to solve these problems, the scientists created new full-body scanner, which is based on the use of X-rays. The most famous one is the Backscatter scanner, which is placed in many airports. The new invention solved the problems with metal detectors and gives some more
Radioisotopes have helped create advanced imaging techniques. Beforehand, X rays could only provide so much information such as broken bones, abnormal growths, and locating foreign objects in the body. Now it is possible to obtain much more information from medical imaging. Not only can this advanced imaging give imaging of tiny structures in the body, but it can also provide details such as cancerous cells and damaged heart tissue from a heart...
To begin with. the x-ray has a long history, it is 121 years old! Back then when something was wrong they would try to “bleed” it out of you. Or use some bazar way to get rid of it. Which is not good and can cause more or worse pain to not even truly even help you in the long run. But now we have different kinds
A radiographic technologist controls a variety of x-ray equipment to perform diagnostic imaging examinations (3), that leads to the patients’ diagnosis, treatment, and cure (2). They may work directly with radiologists and are to provide precise pictures by setting the patient properly and adjusting equipment controls. Technologists also interact with patients by discussing the procedure, answering any questions they may have, and ensuring that patients are in a comfortable environment (1). As x-rays are understood to be ionizing radiation, it can cause damage at an atomic level (5). To protect the patients, public, team members, and oneself it is important for radiographers to use proper radiation safety techniques using the ALARA (as low
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered radiation which is also known as x-ray in 1895. Radiation is energy turned into waves or particles in