RADIOLOGY I

Lecture I – text intro.:

Dr. SIGBEKU O.F. BDS, FWACS
 Introduction
• Definitions Introduction
• History and Future Terminology,
• Radiation Definitions, the Unit,
• Atomic structure film
• Ionization
• Properties of X-rays
 RADIOLOGY
(ROENTGENOLOGY)
The science or
study of radiation
as used in
medicine.

RADIOGRAPHY -
Denotes its use for
diagnostics
Radiograph-recorded image produced
by x-rays on photographic film
Cathode Ray Tube I Crooks tube
WILLIAM ROENTGEN

• Nov. 8, 1895
• Passed discharge through the
tube
• No light penetrated the cover
• a faint green light was noticed
as fluorescence
• His photographic plates were
spoiled
Bertha Roentgen
 WILLIAM ROENTGEN

• Three Publications: from 1895 - 1897

• Described properties of x-rays
• Interpretation, observation and
thoroughness of judgement
• Awarded first Nobel Prize in Physics
 Dr. Otto Walkoff
• Took the first Dental
Radiograph
• Braunschweig, Germany
• January 14, 1896
• Glass photographic plate
wrapped in paper covered
with rubber
• Exposure time 25minutes
 C. Edmund Kells
• First dental
radiograph of a
patient
• Developed film holder
to hold glass plate
• Exposure time -
– 15 minutes !!!!!!
 Coolidge Tube

• Invented by
Wm. D.
Coolidge 1913
THE TUBE
 Howard Raper
• 1887 - 1978
• Introduced Dental
Radiology
• Published first text
• Invented the
BITEWING - 1927
 Radiology of the Future
DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY
• No Film!
• No chemical
processing!
• No Darkroom!!
• Instant Image
• Image
manipulation
 IMAGE MANIPLATION
Magnification Color