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Medical Imaging


In the century since Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x-ray, medical imaging has revolutionized medicine. In this hour, we'll talk about the early years of x-rays, 20th century innovations, and what lies ahead in medical imaging.

Guests:
Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
Author, "Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century" (Rutgers University Press)
Pasadena, California

Dr. Robert Schmidt
Diagnostic Radiologist
Associate Professor of Radiology
Section Chief of Mammography
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

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  "Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century," by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles. Perseus Pr, 1998.

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