radiography, medical

A history of medical imaging, covering the full scope of the field from the development of X-rays in the early twentieth century to MRI-assisted surgery, and discussing the consequences of the technology for medicine and society.

Explores the history of x-rays, and examines their many medical and industrial uses.

Reviews the history of nuclear medicine beginning with the discovery of the X-ray and follows the evolution of the field to the present, using specific medical problems in examples of how the technology works.

Jessica goes to the hospital after she breaks her arm and learns about different x-ray techniques, and includes six actual x-ray images.