Radiologist By: Jillian DeCoster

Current issues in this field…• X-rays cannot image the body’s soft tissues• They are making a new technology instead of

using the radiation.• new approach developed by researchers at MIT

and Massachusetts General Hospital can change that

• “Could make X-rays ubiquitous, because of its higher resolution, the fact that the dose would be smaller and the hardware smaller, cheaper, and more capable than current X-rays,” - Luis Velasquez Garcia

The technology today

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X-rays need an update• Over 100 years old, time to update the machines• The machines used to generate them still rely resolutely on

vacuum tubes.• hope to create X-ray machines that are smaller, simpler and

able to produce more detailed pictures• could be used to enhance security screening at airports,• to allow engineers to check the structure of materials more

easily • to enhance medical images in a way that would improve

cancer therapy.

URL

• http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/a-leap-forward-in-x-ray-technology-1203

• http://www.economist.com/node/14119801• http://jpmc.org/caffeine/uploads/files/DSC_0034(1).JPG• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/X-

ray_table.JPG• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/

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