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Article: A history of computers and computerized imaging.
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- Radiologic Technology
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 American Society of Radiologic Technologists. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The computer has revolutionized diagnostic imaging, making possible techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, sonography and computed radiography. This article traces the historical development of computers and demonstrates how their brief association with the radiologic sciences has transformed diagnostic medicine.
Until the early 1970s, radiographic imaging was accomplished basically the same way it had been since Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen first discovered the x-ray: A beam of x-ray energy was transmitted through an object and a sensitive image receptor recorded the results. Improvements had been made in the way the image was generated ...