Radiology
Radiology is a branch of radiology that studies methods for diagnosing various diseases using X-rays and methods for treating diseases using X-rays, as well as the effect on the human body of X-rays resulting from this disease and pathological conditions, their treatment and prevention.
X-ray machines
Main article: X-ray machines
Global X-Ray Equipment Market
Main Article: X-Ray Equipment (Global Market)
Radiologists
At the end of 2017, there is 1 radiologist per 2800 population in Russia, 1 per 10,000 in the USA, and 1 per 100,000 in Japan[1].
Radiology in Russia
Main article: Radiological studies in Russia
Chronicle
2024: China's largest synchrotron is built for $676.7 million, which emits X-rays a trillion times brighter than the sun. It is needed for biomedical research
In mid-May 2024, it became known that the country's largest synchrotron, intended for biomedical research, was being commissioned in China. The High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) is located in the Huayzhou area near Beijing. Read more here.
2023: Oxos Medical develops secure X-ray scanner and raises $23 million to launch it worldwide
On April 5, 2023, the American company Oxos Medical announced a Series A funding round, during which $23 million was raised. The funds will be provided by Parkway Venture Capital and Intel Capital. Read more here.
2020
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.
2016
The offensive of artificial intelligence technologies
At the end of September 2016, a publication appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine on the role of artificial intelligence technologies in modern medicine. Two polar points of view are given: on the one hand, computers help analyze a huge amount of data and choose the most effective treatment method, and on the other, they deprive doctors of part of their work and can theoretically replace them. In this regard, radiologists may suffer in the first place.
The authors of the note are Ziad Obermeyer, a resuscitator and candidate of sciences at Harvard University, and Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania.
They write that machine learning can significantly increase the ability of medicine to predict. In particular, with the help of technology, it is possible with a high probability to predict death in patients with metastatic cancer.
Also, according to experts, artificial intelligence increases the accuracy of diagnostics, ensures important examinations and reduces the number of unnecessary tests.
There is a minus: machine learning takes on most of the work of specialists in the field of radiation diagnostics and pathologists. It is these specialties that are largely focused on interpreting digitized images, the processing of which can be easily transmitted to a computer, Obermeier and Emanuel note.
In their opinion, increasing the volume of data and new achievements in the field of machine object recognition will quickly increase the productivity of computers and make them more accurate than humans. This is partly already manifested in radiology, where algorithms are able to replace a specialist in reading mammograms.
In addition, the use of a computer reduces the influence of the human factor: for example, a tired doctor can make a mistake, and the machine is always equally functional, experts give an example.
 | Machine learning will be an indispensable tool for physicians seeking to truly understand their patients. As in other industries, in medicine, this challenge will lead to the emergence of both winners and losers. But we are optimistic that patients whose lives and medical histories depend on algorithms will be the biggest winners as machine learning transforms clinical medicine, Ziyad Obermeier and Ezekiel Emanuel believe.[2] |  |
Radiologists strike in India
In India, the desire not to give birth to girls is widespread. In 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a nationwide campaign for women's equality. The aim of the Government's programme is to prevent gender-based selective abortions, protect girls, improve their education and involve them in society.
In mid-June 2016, Indian radiologists staged a strike to protest the unfair prosecution of their colleague Ashutosh Jape for allegedly illegal abortion. Read more here.
1954: Miners' diamond theft checks at De Beers Corporation
In order to prevent workers from carrying out diamonds in their own stomachs, as well as in cuts on the body, the De Beers diamond mining corporation introduced a fluoroscopy check of each worker leaving the mine, in which an image of the object is obtained on a luminous screen.
In those days, the danger of X-rays was not yet fully studied, so the degree of radiation protection was minimal for both workers and specialists themselves. In some cases, it could take up to 75 minutes to examine one person.
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1900
1896: First X-ray photograph
In January 1896, Wilhelm 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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