Digital X-rays come of age
| dc.contributor.author | Vaughan, Christopher L | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-17T08:35:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-17T08:35:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-12T10:18:06Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In early November 1895 Willem Röntgen performed an experiment in which invisible cathode rays, generated by electrostatic discharges from within an evacuated glass tube, caused a cardboard screen painted with barium platinocyanide to fluoresce. Although the new rays would also come to bear his name, Röntgen called them X-rays, apparently using the mathematical designation for something unknown.1 While investigating the ability of various materials to stop the Xrays, he stepped into the line of the rays to introduce a piece of lead and was startled to see an image of his own skeleton shimmering on the fluorescent screen. His groundbreaking article2 was published less than 2 months later on 28 December 1895. | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.1173 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Vaughan, C. L. (2006). Digital X-rays come of age. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24747 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Vaughan, Christopher L "Digital X-rays come of age." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24747 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vaughan, C. (2006). Digital X-rays come of age. South African Medical Journal, 96(7), 610. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Vaughan, Christopher L AB - In early November 1895 Willem Röntgen performed an experiment in which invisible cathode rays, generated by electrostatic discharges from within an evacuated glass tube, caused a cardboard screen painted with barium platinocyanide to fluoresce. Although the new rays would also come to bear his name, Röntgen called them X-rays, apparently using the mathematical designation for something unknown.1 While investigating the ability of various materials to stop the Xrays, he stepped into the line of the rays to introduce a piece of lead and was startled to see an image of his own skeleton shimmering on the fluorescent screen. His groundbreaking article2 was published less than 2 months later on 28 December 1895. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Digital X-rays come of age TI - Digital X-rays come of age UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24747 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24747 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Vaughan CL. Digital X-rays come of age. South African Medical Journal. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24747. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Human Biology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj | |
| dc.title | Digital X-rays come of age | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |