Radiology

  • Invention of the X ray

    Wilhelm Rontgen first discovered the X-ray, after decades of research.
  • Marie and Pierre Curies Discovery

    Marie and Pierre Curie discovered polonium and radium
  • First Nobel Prize in Physics

    Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Few More Nobel Prize winners

    Henri Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie received the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Radiology in WWI

    Radiological equipment was used in field hospitals during World War I
  • X-ray Advances

    spreads out and is used in many new fields and becomes more advanced then 100 years ago
  • the fellowship

    a higher radiological qualification know as the fellowship was created.
  • 'Nitrogen Mustard'

    Used in the USA to treat lymphoma patients. considered the start of chemotherapy,
  • Invention of the Ultrasound

    Ian Donald invents fetal ultrasound
  • Clinical Radiology moves from four issues a year to six

  • Invention of the MRI

    Armenian-American physician, Raymond Vahan Damadian, develops the first commercial MRI scanner.
  • The public inquiry into children's heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary was concluded

  • Invention of the Pet-Ct

    Ronald Nutt and David Townsend invented the PET-CT scan which combined emission and computerized tomography. locates tumors and other stuff
  • first cancer plan

    The first NHS cancer plan was published
  • The Year of Radiotherapy was launched

    celebrated the centenary of marie curie for her research of radium