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WHAT ARE THE X- RAYS?

• THE X-RAYS ARE A KIND OF RADIATION CALLED

“ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES” THAT ALLOW TO SEE THE
INSIDE OF AN OBJECT IN DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLACK
AND WHITE.

• THIS IS BECAUSE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OBJECTS

ABSORB DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF RADIATION.
 HISTORY OF X - RAYS
X-RAYS WERE FIRST OBSERVED BY WILHELM
CONRAD ROENTGEN IN 1895. THIS GERMAN
SCIENTIST DISCOVERED THEM WHILE HE WAS
MAKING AN EXPERIMENT WITH VACUUM TUBES.

A WEEK LATER, HE TOOK AN X-RAY OF HIS WIFE'S

HAND. THE PHOTOGRAPH WOKE A GREAT INTEREST
IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD BY THE NEW TYPE OF
RADIATION, TO WHICH CONRAD CALLED X FOR
BEING UNKNOWN
 HOW DO THEY WORK IN MEDICINE?

WHEN WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN X-

RAY, RADIOLOGIST USUALLY PUT BEHIND
US AN X-RAY SENSITIVE PLATE, AND THESE
ARE SHOT THROUGH ONE AND CREATE
ON THE PLATE AN STRUCTURE THAT
ALLOWS TO STUDY THE BONES AND
SOME ORGANS INSIDE US.
 USE OF X-RAYS
• IN MEDICINE:
 THE MOST COMMON USE OF X-RAYS IS TO SEE
BROKEN BONES.
 ANOTHER USE IS TO DETECT PNEUMONIA.
 ALSO, MAMMOGRAMS USE X-RAYS TO DETECT
BREAST CANCER.

• ANOTHER AREAS:
 THEY ARE USED TO SCAN PACKAGES IN THE
AIRPORTS.
 THEY ALLOW TO THE SCIENTISTS TO KNOW HOW
THE ATOMS ARE ARRANGED IN THE CRYSTALS
 TO KNOW IF A PICTURE IS REALLY FROM A FAMOUS
PAINTER.
without the need to cut it

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

• ALLOW TO ANALYZE THE INSIDE OF A • THE IMAGE IS IN BLACK AND WHITE TONES,
STRUCTURE, BODY AND OBJECT WITHOUT THAT MADE A VERY DIFFICULT
CUT IT INTERPRETATION.

• THEY PRODUCE RADIATION.