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Advances In X-Ray
Cyrus Khorrami, M.D.
The x-ray machine is the grandfather of all radiology equipment. When it was invented in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roetgen in Germany, it was the first time doctors could look inside the human body without dissection. This spurred an entire science of imaging that created the field of radiology as we know it today. We now have amazing machines like ultrasounds, MRIs, CAT scans, PET/CTs, nuclear medicine imaging, and others that can image the human body like never before. Despite these new cutting-edge modalities, standard x-rays are still the most ordered and most used test, and there continue to be advances in the field of x-rays.
How are x-rays created? How do they make images?
What are the advantages of digital radiography?
Electrons are subatomic particles that encircle all atoms. X-rays are created when we can take electrons and use them to strike special metals. Those metals then emit x-rays. This is all created within x-ray tubes. Those x-rays pass through a patient and strike the x-ray film, and the x-ray turns the film black. As the x-ray passes through a person’s body, the different densities within the body block the x-ray beam. If the beam is partially blocked, the film is gray. If the x-ray is blocked completely, then the film stays white. So, for example, bones block the x-ray beams completely, which is why the bones are white, the skin is gray, and the surrounding space is black.
There is markedly increased speed in using digital radiography. In the past when x-rays were taken, we had to wait for the films to be processed in order to see the images. Now, the x-rays taken by the technologist are faster and the images are created immediately. Our patients love the improved speed and efficiency, and our radiologists are able to diagnose disease faster than ever. Much like how pictures taken on the newest cameras are sharper and clearer, digital radiography is the latest technology and creates the clearest images. Our ability to detect subtle infections and fractures has never been better. Digital radiography uses the latest computerized images to process x-rays and there are new, more efficient metals used in the x-ray tubes. These advances have significantly reduced radiation dose in our x-rays. Keeping radiation doses as low a possible while producing the highest quality images is our primary goal.
What new advances are there in x-rays?
Bones of the hand block
There have been many advances in x-ray the x-ray beams making technology over the decades. The metal used them appear white. to create the x-ray beam has been improved to create more efficient x-ray beams. The x-ray film used to be like the film used in a camera. Now that our cameras are digital, so are our Toms River X-ray uses the most advanced digital radiography x-rays. The x-ray beams now strike a computerized “digital film.” available on the market. We believe this is the best thing we can This immediately creates an image of the patient’s body and sends it provide for our patients. As always, if you have any questions, wirelessly to a computer that displays the image. This is called digital please feel free to contact our staff at (732) 244-0777. radiography. PARVIZ KHORRAMI, M.D. CYRUS KHORRAMI, M.D. Founder Medical Director PARVIN MOTEMADEN KHORRAMI, M.D.
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November/December 2021
