Radiology began with the invention of the X-Ray machine in 1895.
date others had seen x-ray images, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen of Germany was the first to .
recognize the importance of the images he saw. Roentgen discovered the X-Ray by accident .
States Robinson. The first X-Ray ever taken was of Roentgens wife's hand. In 1901 he won the .
Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the x-ray machine. Today he is considered the father of .
modern diagnostic radiology. .
Since Roentgen discovery of the X-Ray, the field of radiology has greatly evolved. Very .
quickly after the invention radiation began being used for cancer therapy. In the 1930 .
tomography was developed. Tomography was the main pillar of diagnostic radiology until 1972. .
Sir Goodfry Hounsfield of Great Britain invented computer tomography imagining. Ultra sounds .
technology became available in the same time providing 2-d imagines and soon 3-d images. .
Radiological imaging is constantly evolving as computer technology advances. The author of .
this article is Mr. Otha W. Linton he is an executive Director of the American College of .
Radiology and Executive director of Radiology Centennial Inc. His co-author Dr.Joesph .
Marcasco is Chief of Medical staff of the Forbes Regional Health Centre. Both of these Authors .
have more than a decade of hands on experience in the radiology field. This article "Radiology: .
A century of progress " was published in1995, in a World Health magazine that has been in cycle .
for more than 48 years. Besides, there personal involvement in the medical field they each have .
very professional and scientific reasoning's basing their opinions on facts. Both authors agree of .
the importance of radiology in medicine. Since Roentgen discovery of the X-Ray, the field of .
radiology has greatly evolved. Very quickly after the invention radiation began being used for .
cancer therapy. In the 1930 tomography was developed. Tomography was the main pillar of .