History of Radiography

X-rays were discovered in 1895 b y Wil helm Conrad Roentgen (1845 -1923) who
was a Professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany. Working with a cathode -ray tube
in his laboratory, Roentgen observed a fluorescent glow of crystals on a table near his
tube. The tube that Roentgen was working with consisted of a glass envelope (bulb)
with positive and negative electrodes encapsulated in it. The air in the tube was
evacuated, and when a high voltage was applied, the tube produced a fluorescent glow.
Roentgen shielded the tube with heavy black paper, and discovered a green colored
fluorescent light generated by a material located a few feet away from the tube.

He concluded that a new type of ray was being emitted from the tube. This ray
was capable of passing through the heavy paper covering and exciting the phosphorescent
materials in the room. He found that the new ray could pass through most substances
casting shadows of solid objects. Roentgen also discovered that the ray could pass
through the tissue of humans, but not bones and metal objects. One of Roentgen's first
experiments late in 1895 was a film of the hand of his wife, Bertha. It is interesting
that the first use of X -rays were for an industrial (not medical) application, as Roentgen
produced a radiography of a set of weights in a box to show his colleagues.

1. Escreva Verdadeiro(V) ou Falso(F) de acordo com o texto:

a- ( )Raios-x foram descobertos em 1985.

b- ( )Wilhelm Conrad Roentegen morreu aos 78 anos.
c- ( )Roentgen foi professor da Universidade de Wuerzburg que fica na Alemanha.
d- ( )Roentgen estava trabalhando em seu laboratório com um tubo de raio catódico.
e- ( )Quando o ar do tubo foi evacuado e uma alta voltagem foi aplicada, o tubo
produziu um brilho fluorescente.
f- ( )Roentgen descobriu que o raio passava pelo tecido humano, mas não por ossos
e objetos de metal.
g- ( )A primeira experiência de Roentgen no final de 1985 foi um filme da mão de
sua irmã Bertha.
h- ( )O raio-x foi aplicado inicialmente na área industrial, não na médica.

2. Leia os segmentos abaixo e utilizando os cognatos e familiares identifique o assunto

abordado em cada um deles. Para ajudá-lo nesta tarefa vou lhe dar uma pista. O assunto está
diretamente relacionado a exames realizados em radiologia médica.

a. It is a type of medical imaging that uses x -rays to capture images of the internal
structures of the breasts. It can help detect breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable
stages – when it is too small to be felt or detected by any other method.

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b. It is a broad term that covers several types of studies that require the visualization of the
internal parts of the bod y using x -ray techniques. It means a technique for generating and
recording an x-ray pattern for the purpose of providing the user with a static image(s) after
termination of the exposure.

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c. It is a medical imaging procedure that uses x -rays to show cross-sectional images of the
body. It produces cross-sectional images or "slices" of areas of the body, like the slices in a loaf
of bread. These cross-sectional images are used for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes.

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d. It is a test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of
organs and structures inside the body. It may show problems that cannot be seen with other
imaging methods.

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e.