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A physicist , Wilhelm conrad Rontgen takes the first X-ray picture ever showing a picture of his wifes skeletal composition of her hand. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-medical-imaging
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753Estaman creates this camera for only $1 and 15 cents a roll . DUring tis time, phototography is inexpencive. within the first year !50,000 cameras were sold.
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William Coolidge creates the hot cathode x-ray tube this improves the x-ray's visualization. <a href='http://https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-
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Albert Soloman, an athologist, uses an X-ray machine to make images of over 3,000 specimens. Mamography is the result, and has been used for tools to detect breast cancer. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753Mammography reasearch
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A professor and physicist, Paul Langevinm with the help of Constantin Chilowsky developes the hydrophone. This was used during the World War I as well as in locating icebergs. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753
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Walter Dandy, an american neurosurgeon and scientist developed ventriculography. This made imaging of the heart possible. http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research
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Andre' Bocage a french scientist , created the first tomography .which was used to do imaging of the body-section eventually leading to technology used for deep tissue imaging. http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research
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Egas Moniz , a Portuguses Neurologist suceeded in creating cerebral angiography.
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A nelectrical engineer, Ernst Ruska, working with Max Kroll builds an electron microscope. This is the first instrument to provide a better definition than a light microscope.
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A scientist, Sir Robert Watson-Watt creates the first practical radar. this is for radio detection.
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Henry Boot and John Randall developed the Resonant Cavity Magnitron. This was capable of generating high frequency radio pulses and was used during World War II. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753
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A scientest, Christian Doppler, creates this to detect storms. This occurs when a moving object nears or passes. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753
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Felix Blotch and Edwars Purcell invented Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscapy by using magnets to take pictures of living beings. https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-medical-imaging
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Rosalind Franklen creates this to obtain clear X-rays to reveal helical structure of DNA molecules. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753
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Cassen assembeled an automated, motor-driven scanning system to image thyroid glands. http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research
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Ian Donald created the first ultrasound capable of veiwing the human fetus
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Mason Sones began development of Selective Coronary Angiography. It allowed them to selectively visualize vessels and arteries. http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research
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Hal Anger, American Electrical Engineer and Biophysicist, created the Gamma Camera that could show the metabolic processes (processes necessary for life). It used gamma radiation to image activity within a living body. [>http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research ](http://>http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research </a>)</a>
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A professor, Ian Donald, developed ultrasound for a tool in obstetrics and Gyecology.
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Wolf and Ruzicka invented the Breast Xerography, which provided images of breast tissue, used to detect cancer. The process used an electrostatic charge which could be printed. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/xerographyhttp://web.magascancenters.com/en/research
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753Sy Rankowitz and James Robertson invent the first Position Emission Tomography Transive section instrument . for medical diagnosis
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https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-medical-imaging Godfrey Hounsdield creates The original CT project in London UK
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https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-medical-imaging An engineer , Sir Godfey Hounsfield uses his prototype head scanner for the first time
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753An engineer, godfrey Houndfield created the computerized axial tomography scanner. this combines many X-ray images to generate across sectionized veiws ans 3D images of internal organs and structures to guide the placement of treatments
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M. M. Ter-Pogossian and M. E. Phelps invented the PET system. This technique used both nuclear medicine and tomography. It produced three-dimensional images of body functions. http://web.megascancenters.com/en/research
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753The telescope goes into orbit for space-based obvervatory
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http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753NASA launches the first RObotic spacecraft
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