Which X ray type produce a better picture and why? Characteristic or Bremsstrahlung?
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When an x-ray beam passes through a person, we can collect the energy on the other side to see what body parts blocked the beam. Just like the first visible light cameras used film to capture an image, the first x-ray cameras did, too. When the x-ray beam hit the film, it changed the color of the film, and that allowed the x-ray to be turned into a picture that could be seen with the eye. Just like most cameras we use these days are digital, though, so are many modern x-ray systems.
Pictures made using x-rays help doctors make many important diagnoses. They can help us see pneumonia in the lungs or a broken bone, just to name two examples.
Being a radiologist doesn’t give you superpowers, but with a little help from science, we can use x-rays and other techniques to see inside the human body, which seems pretty close!
