The very first X ray device was discovered accidentally by the German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923) in 1895. He found that a cathode-ray tube emitted certain invisible rays that could penetrate paper and wood and, the first person in the...

The very first X-ray device was discovered accidentally by the German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923) in 1895. He found that a cathode-ray tube emitted certain invisible rays that could penetrate paper and wood and, the first person in the...

An X-ray machine utilizes electromagnetic radiation to produce an image of an object, usually with the purpose of visualizing something located below the object's surface. The machine is made up of an X-ray source or X-ray tube, an x-ray detection...

Doctors who own X-ray machines order four times as many X-rays as those who do not, according to a study appearing today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Physicians profit from every picture they take with their own equipment. They make no...

Here's a look at X-ray technology for solder joint inspection, with tips on selecting the right system for your application. The post-solder inspection of solder joints on printed circuit boards has traditionally been done by human inspectors, or with equipment such as...

Travelers nationwide could soon see ads for laptops, expensive cars and other products in the trays that carry their shoes and cell phones through X-ray machines at airport security checkpoints.After a six-month test in Los Angeles, the federal Transportation Security Administration was expected to formally...

While thousands of travelers queued up daily at Orlando International Airport, yanking off their shoes and shoving them through X-ray machines, a select few got to avoid the hassle during the latter part of 2006 _ and passengers at four other airports nationally will soon...