Dear AuntMinnie Member,
What if you could reach back into history and revive one of the earliest x-ray machines developed by radiology's pioneers? Dutch researchers asked that question, and we're featuring their story in our Digital X-Ray Community this week.
A research group from Maastricht University found an x-ray machine that was built at a Dutch high school with materials on hand in 1896, just months after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's discovery of the x-ray. The researchers wanted to know how images from the device would compare to current technology, as well as what the radiation dose might be.
They found that while the vintage machine produced images that were remarkable considering the unit's age, the device also packed a radiation punch, with a dose nearly 1,500 times that of a modern radiography system.
Learn more about their findings by clicking here, or visit the community at xray.auntminnie.com.
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