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Radiology
November 2014
From the Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, C2-S, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, South-Holland 2333 ZA, the Netherlands (A.d.R); and Department of Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif (C.B.H.).
During the past century, cardiac imaging technologies have revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and congenital heart disease. Many important contributions to the field of cardiac imaging were initially reported in Radiology. The field developed from the early stages of cardiac imaging, including the use of coronary x-ray angiography and roentgen kymography, to nowadays the widely used echocardiographic, nuclear medicine, cardiac computed tomographic (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) applications.
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February 1996
MPH Radiobiology Research Unit, Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Changchun.
The historical outline shows the development of radiologic diagnostics from the early Roentgen days up to this centenary. The roots of radiologic diagnostics go back to the European Renaissance. It is a history of medical pattern recognition and functional analysis by several methods including X-rays, ultrasound waves or strong magnetic fields.
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February 1996
Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine University of São Paulo.
The discovery of Xrays was made by Wilhelm C. Roentgen in 1895. To celebrate Roentgen's centenary discovery we taken some of the memorable dates in radiological history.
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