History Of Radiography

The history of radiography has its beginning in the 1985 when Professor Roentgen discovered the X-rays. On 8 November 1985, while working with the cathode rays in an evacuated gas bulb, professor...

The history of radiography has its beginning in the 1895 when Professor Roentgen discovered the X-rays. On 8 November 1895, while working with the cathode rays in an evacuated gas bulb, professor roentgen accidentally discovered the X-rays. During his work, a barium platocynide screen was present in the evacuated gas bulb. When he passed current through the glass bulb, it displayed properties of fluoresce. He analyzed the reason for this and found out that some rays were making it glow. He started to work on these rays and gave them the name ‘X-rays’.

Then the second important event in the history of radiography is that, after some days i.e. on 28 December 1895, he presented his findings, before the Würzburg Physical Medical Institute. The scientists working in this institute were fascinated with these new rays.

Some days after this, his findings were published in the local newspaper. This news gathered the attraction of many people and it became sensational news. The main thing because of which the people were attracted to them was that, they could penetrate low-density solids such as wood, skin and clothes.

The scientists did not take much time to make the equipments for using the X-rays for medical applications. Some of the scientists had made these equipments within three months of the discovery. These machines soon reached in the major cities in the North America, Europe, Asia and Africa and they too have important roles in the history of radiography. In the initial stages, these were made in the house by the amateurs for the commercial use however; these machines were intended for use by themselves only. Among them were mainly the scientists and photographers. However, later they were use by many doctors in their clinics and that made them quite significant for the history of radiography. In addition to this, many people tried using them on the other applications.

During old days, the radiography was conducted by different types of people working in the hospitals i.e. from the doctors to the nurses. However, as the time progressed, in addition to the X-rays many, more technologies came to be used in the radiology. The computed tomography emerged in the 1960s, mammography and ultrasound in 1970s, magnetic resonance in 1980s. Their discoveries too, are all very important events in the history of radiography. All these are the types of radiography. Therefore, as the process of medical radiography became more and more complex and the specialists known as radiographers emerged for this purpose.

Since the X-rays could be used for the diagnosis, of the diseases they were very useful to humankind. Therefore, taking into account their importance professor roentgen received the noble prize in physics in 1901.

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