The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, 1896
- Roentgen made the first X-ray images.
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Other forms of energy were soon found to be useful for forming images. Roentgen, for example, made the first X-ray images. This is of his wifeís hand! One wonders if Roentgen had any idea of the hazards of overexposure to x-ray energy!
Today, medical imaging with several forms of energy (ultrasound, radio waves (MRI), etc.) are common.
So, by the 20th century the science and technology of imaging was well established indeed!
Most of the rest of this course will be concerned with various details of how different imaging technologies work. You will learn how images can be captured, stored, transmitted, and controlled. You will also learn how images can be used an how useful inf
For now, we will look briefly how the advances in imaging science and technology influenced how image makes CHOSE to render their images.