This was how the first X-ray machines worked in the late 1890s, but to see the process in action, one must look no further than a modern-day Dutch laboratory. Using a piece of turn-of-the-century ...

The antique equipment's image was markedly more blurry than that from a modern machine Scientists have dusted off X-ray equipment dating from shortly after the discovery of the rays in 1895, in ...

Kemerink reports the first-ever diagnostics on a first generation X-ray device. "I decided to try to do some measurements on this equipment, because nobody ever did," he said. Aside from a modern ...

The X-day dose the hospital director's ... amputations and ultimately cancer in people who worked closely with the machines. Better X-ray equipment and protection followed fairly swiftly after ...

It’s more reliable than developed-world models, too. X-ray machines are a fundamental part of modern medicine, key to treating everything from tuberculosis to broken bones. And yet, an ...

London, England (CNN)-- The X-ray machine was Wednesday named the most important scientific invention, in a poll marking the centenary of the Science Museum in London. Almost 50,000 people voted ...

The 180cm tall fluoroscope is one of the last examples before x-ray technology advanced to the more modern image intensifiers. The machine was donated by Colin Kindred, whose father was co-owner ...

Patients will not have to face long trips for x-rays after the purchase of a new machine at a Suffolk community hospital. Sandra Chandler, from Tunstall, near Woodbridge, was the first patient to ...

Scientists have dusted off X-ray equipment dating from shortly ... University Medical Center decided to put the equipment to the test against a modern system. "To my knowledge, nobody had ever ...