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German physicist William Roentgen discovered the x-ray by using tubes similar to flourecent light bulbs
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Henri Becquerel starts experimenting with minerals in the flourecent bulbs of the x-ray and discovers radioactivity
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Frederick Proescher estabilishes nuclear medicine using injections of Radium to cure diseases
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The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) was established which lead to new scientific developments
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At the University of Berkeley in California scientists preformed the first clinical treatment using artificial radioactivity
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scientists develope an image intensifier for the x-ray
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First ultrasound preformed in Poland
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Scientist Kuhl develops the SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) and PET (pisitron emission tomography) method
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The first MRI is preformed on a patient at a clinic in England
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Robert Ledley invents the CAT-SCAN producing a more detailed image compared to an x-ray
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A big concern errupted with x-rays and people getting exposed to radiation
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Dental Radiography was first developed and a few years later it was introduced to dentist offices
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The first x-ray of the chest is preformed
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first uses of dual-energy to help detect lung lesions and other defects that are hard to notice
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because of such advancements in technology radiography film will no longer be used and everything will just be digital images
