Important People | Important People pt. 2 | Basic Terminology | Basic Terminology pt.2 | Radiology History |
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C. Edmund Kells
used paralleling technique in practical dental radiography
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W. H. Rollins
Wrote first paper on the danger of x-radiation
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Dental Radiograph
A photographic image produced on film by the passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures
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x-Radation
A high-energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an x-ray tube.
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1948
Introduction of panoramic radiography
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Wilhem Conrad Roentgen
Discovered X-Rays
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W. J. Morton
Exposed first dental radiograph in the United States (skull)
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X-ray
A beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film.
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Radiology
The science or study of radiation as used in medicine.
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1955
Introduction of D-speed film
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W. D. Coolidge
Developed first X-ray tube
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F. G. Fitzgerald
Introduced the long-cone paralleling technique
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Radiation
A form of energy carried by waves or a stream of particles.
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Dental Radiography
The production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of image receptors to x-rays.
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1987
Introduction of intraoral digital imaging
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W. A. Price
introduced bisecting technique
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H. R. Raper
Wrote first dental text; introduced bite-wing technique
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Radiographer
Any person who positions, exposes. And processes x-ray image receptors.
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Radiograph
A two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object.
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1998 2001
Introduction of cone-beam computed tomography:
& When They became available in the U.S |
O. Walkhoff
Exposed first dental radiograph
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C. E. Kells
Exposed first dental radiograph in the United States on a living patient
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Radiography
The production of radiographs by the exposure of film to x-rays.
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2000
Introduction of F-speed film
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