X-ray
Dan Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=physical |released=1895 }} '''X-rays''' are a form of electromagnetic radiation that is shorter in wavelength and higher in frequency (and thus energ...") |
(Category:Health and Medicine) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one user not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|released=1895 | |released=1895 | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |||
'''X-rays''' are a form of electromagnetic radiation that is shorter in wavelength and higher in frequency (and thus energy) than visible light. They are able to pass through many things that are opaque to visible light, which has made them useful for medical imaging. Photographic material made to be sensitive to X-rays can capture an image from those rays after they pass through a human body, where they pass easily through the flesh while being partially blocked by bones, creating an image of the bone structure and other hard objects within the body. The "X" in the name originally referred to the rays being unknown. | '''X-rays''' are a form of electromagnetic radiation that is shorter in wavelength and higher in frequency (and thus energy) than visible light. They are able to pass through many things that are opaque to visible light, which has made them useful for medical imaging. Photographic material made to be sensitive to X-rays can capture an image from those rays after they pass through a human body, where they pass easily through the flesh while being partially blocked by bones, creating an image of the bone structure and other hard objects within the body. The "X" in the name originally referred to the rays being unknown. | ||
| Line 13: | Line 12: | ||
* [[Wikipedia:X-Ray Specs (novelty)|Wikipedia article: X-Ray Specs]] | * [[Wikipedia:X-Ray Specs (novelty)|Wikipedia article: X-Ray Specs]] | ||
* [http://krazykaitlin.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-engaged.html Story of woman swallowing her engagement ring (hidden in a Wendy's Frosty), showing X-rays of it inside her] | * [http://krazykaitlin.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-engaged.html Story of woman swallowing her engagement ring (hidden in a Wendy's Frosty), showing X-rays of it inside her] | ||
| + | * [http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/slac-music-xray-061013.html SLAC X-rays resurrect 200-year-old lost aria] | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Health and Medicine]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:01, 6 May 2017
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that is shorter in wavelength and higher in frequency (and thus energy) than visible light. They are able to pass through many things that are opaque to visible light, which has made them useful for medical imaging. Photographic material made to be sensitive to X-rays can capture an image from those rays after they pass through a human body, where they pass easily through the flesh while being partially blocked by bones, creating an image of the bone structure and other hard objects within the body. The "X" in the name originally referred to the rays being unknown.
Alas, the "X-Ray Specs" that were frequently advertised in comic books in the old days did not actually work; they were a (rather lame) illusion.
