The chain of successes and achievements in our field is everlasting and rapidly progressing. It is of value to stop every now and then to look backwards and remember the spotlights in the history of radiology then to catch up with what is going today. The E.R.I.A. invites you to this sweet jurney through the key dates in radiology history. You can get more from the wonderful links below.

The History of Radiology

Key Dates In The History of Radiology

1895 - Rontgen discovers x-rays.

1896 - Becquerel discovers radioactivity.

1901 - Rontgen receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of x-rays.

1905 - The first English book on Chest Radiography is published.

1913 -Coolidge introduces the hot cathode tube.

1914 - Von Laue receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for x-ray diffraction from crystals.

1915 - Bragg and Bragg receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for crystal structure derived from x-ray diffraction.

1917 - Barkla receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for characteristic radiation of elements.

1918 - Eastman introduces radiographic film.

1920 - The Society of Radiographers is formed.

1924 - Siegbahn receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for x-ray spectroscopy.

1927 - Compton receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for scattering of x-rays by electrons.

1936 - Debye receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for diffraction of x-rays and electrons in gases.

1934 - Joliot and Curie discover artificial radionuclides.

1937 -The first clinical use of artificial radioactivity is done at the University of California- Berkeley.

1946 - Schoenander develops the film cassette changer which allowed a series of cassettes to be exposed at the rate of 1.5 cassettes per second.

1946 - Nuclear medicine is discovered by accident.

1950's - Wide-spread clinical use of nuclear medicine starts.

1950's - Development of the image intensifier and X-ray television.

1956 - The medical use of Ultrasound starts in Poland.

1962 - Kuhl introduces emission reconstruction tomography. This method later becomes known as SPECT and PET.

1967 - The first clinical use of MRI takes place in England.

1972 - CT is invented by British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories in England.

1977 - The first human MRI images are produced.

1979 - Comack and Hounsfield receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine for computed axial tomography.

1980's - The advancement of radiopharmaceuticals and the use of computers transform Nuclear Medicine into what it is today.

1980's - Fuji develops CR technology.

1981 - Siegbahn receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for high resolution electron spectroscopy.

1984 - MRI is cleared for commercial use by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S.A..

The History of Radiology - Links

Radiology History #1 - Great article on the history of radiology from Stanford University.

Radiology History #2 - Radiology History and Heritage Charitable Trust

Radiology History #3 - Wonderful site put together by Pennsylvania State University for the centenial celebration of radiology.

Radiology History #4 - The Belgian Museum of Radiology is a great place to learn about the past