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Digital models
Previously, X-rays were displayed on a special developing film. Modern devices are equipped with a receiver in the form of a matrix, which allows you to obtain an image in a digital version.
In the modern market of medical equipment, you can buy an X-ray device of any type, but digital is more convenient and visually informative for research. Modern X-ray equipment with a digital matrix has advantages:
- due to the high sensitivity level of the matrix, the radiation passing through the human body is reduced by 10 times;
- reduction of the total study time;
- the high resolution of the resulting image allows the doctor to examine the patient's organs in more detail;
- the results of the study are stored in the database of the device, do not take up much space and can be restored if necessary;
- there is no need to use, store and exhibit film, so medical research is more budgetary and faster.
Stationary and mobile
X-ray machines differ in the method of installation, size, equipment and many other characteristics. The main functional difference is the installation method. The devices are as follows:
- Stationary - bulkier and heavier equipment that requires a separate room for installation. Research with such installations allows you to fix a person in the right state and get high-quality pictures of high resolution;
- Mobile - these models of X-ray machines are compact and convenient when examining patients at home or in the ward, if the patient cannot move independently.
The package of all devices can vary depending on the manufacturer and the needs of the medical institution.
Chronicle
2023: An analogue of Ilizarov's apparatus, transparent for X-ray, was developed in the Far East
On July 10, 2023, Russian researchers from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) announced the development of an X-ray transparent mini-fixer by analogy with the Ilizarov apparatus. It is assumed that the solution will allow better control and analysis of the treatment process for patients with injuries and diseases of the bones and joints. Read more here.
2019: X-ray alternative
On May 26, 2019, it became known that Russia is developing a device that allows using ordinary water to change the intensity of terahertz radiation. This type of radiation is an alternative to a hazardous X-ray. It is assumed that this device will be able to be used, among other things, for dental images and the search for subcutaneous neoplasms. Read more here.
2018: World's first colour 3D X-ray launched
In July 2018, the New Zealand company MARS Bioimaging introduced and announced the use of the world's first color three-dimensional X-ray scanner. It is based on Medipix3 technology developed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world's largest high-energy physics laboratory. Father and son, scientists Phil Butler and Anthony Butler from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago spent ten years developing this medical scanner. Read more here.
1957: Horse-shaped apparatus for children
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1896: First X-ray photograph
In January 1896, William Konrad Röntgen took a picture of his friend Albert von Köllicker's hand using x-radiation. In five years, the scientist will receive the Nobel Prize for discovery.
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