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===X-ray computed tomography=== Spiral [[x-ray computed tomography]] ''with'' oral and intravenous contrast has accuracy

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...h is released suddenly in the star’s upper atmosphere, producing flares of X-ray and other light forms. The same process produces X-rays in Sol but greater ...photo/2004/proxima/ Proxima Centauri: The nearest star to the sun] Chandra X-ray Observatory</ref><ref name= KalerUIU-C/>

...illion miles per hour (approximately 16 million kilometers per hour). From x-ray images of the bullet cluster astronomers surmise that the reason for the sh Detecting the separation of the two types of matter was done by comparing x-ray images of the luminous matter with the total mass of the clusters. Total ma

...ues being imaged, but is not extremely precise in delineating structure. [[X-ray computed tomography]] gives no physiologic information, but is extremely de

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...mergency physicians and cardiologists routinely do the first reading of an X-ray used in the evaluation of chest pain. ..., spinal, and head and neck structures, using techniques including plain [[X-ray]], [[angiography]], interventional procedures for the nervous system, [[my

...s. When "medical images" are mentioned, many people immediately think of [[X-ray]]s and other methods in [[radiology]] and [[nuclear medicine]] that create ...then scanning it into machine-readable form was cumbersome. Modern digital X-ray, however, uses an electronic sensor rather than film. That digital image wi

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...s) or [[nuclear fusion]] (merging of nuclei). Energy release is in the [[X-ray]], [[gamma radiation]] and [[cosmic radiation]] ranges of the [[electromagn ...s of the nature and uses of [[electricity]] that led to the discovery of [[X-ray]]s....

In 1923 [[Arthur Compton]] scattered [[X-ray]]s off electrons and showed that the light quanta have&mdash;in addition to

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A [[computed tomography]] (CT) scan can uncover tumors not yet visible on an X-ray. CT scanning is now being actively evaluated as a screening tool for lung c ...Screening Study, a randomized feasibility study of spiral CT versus chest X-ray screening for lung cancer |journal=Lung Cancer |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=9

If the probe is labeled radioactively it can be detected with X-ray sensitive film, or more recently, fluorescent imagers have been used. If th

...and toy-like models to provide himself with a visual model rather than a -x-ray crystallography or mathematical version. Pauling's approach was basically t ...ples in May 1951, he met Maurice Wilkins who was presenting a paper on the X-ray diffraction pattern of crystalline DNA. This was the first time Watson came

...and can be diagnosed only with imaging such as a chest X-ray or [[computed X-ray tomography]] scan, which may not be available in large disasters. Patients

...), for his services in the analysis of [[crystal]] structure by means of [[X-ray]]s.

[[Blood test]]s and [[X-ray]]s of the affected joints often are performed to make the diagnosis.

An '''autoradiograph''' is an image produced on a [[x-ray film]] or nuclear emulsion by the pattern of decay emissions (e.g., [[beta

...ventor and entrepreneur Dessauer developed techniques for deep-penetration X-ray therapy in which weak rays are aimed from different angles to intersect at ...fellow emigre eminent surgeon Rudolf Nissen (1896-1981): “Dessauer was an X-Ray pioneer during the period when no protection was applied against rays in t