THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATION DIAGNOSTICS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/A4UPBKeywords:
X-RAY, ultrasound diagnostic, computed tomographyAbstract
An ancient Latin proverb says: "Diagnosis cetra - ullae therapiae fundamen-tum" ("A reliable diagnosis is the basis of any treatment"). For many centuries, the efforts of doctors have been aimed at solving the most difficult task - to improve the recognition of human diseases. The need for a method that would allow to look inside the human body without damaging it was enormous, although not always realized. What a great benefit a direct examination of the human body would bring if it suddenly became "transparent"! And hardly any of the scientists of the past could have imagined that this dream is quite feasible.