DIY X-Ray Kits Sparked 19th Century Craze in Photography: Weird.com

giovonni · 11-19-2008, 05:20 PM

Greeting's Avalonian's,
This is an interesting> story (with neat images), on this phenomenon 19th century> discovery in medicine and photography.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/xrays.html

Dantheman62 · 11-19-2008, 06:36 PM

Good thing they put a halt to that!, early x-ray tubes had such wide scatter that radiation was being spread everywhere. I worked on x-ray systems for 6 years and had to wear a badge to determine how much radiation I received. I sent the badge in once a month and got a report back telling me how much, and how deep the radiation exposure was.Early systems had very long exposure times compared to fractions of a second today. I used to play around with them sometimes though, like x-ray my hand and feet just to see what they looked like. Oh and mammography has very low dose and women need not worry a bit! I actually specialized in mammography. I did go to Miami Metro Zoo after Hurricane Andrew and watched them x-ray a snake and one of the Bengal Tigers, which was huge, in fact they wanted me there just to be sure they didn't break the x-ray table with the tiger.

Antaletriangle · 11-19-2008, 06:44 PM

yeah,i've always been fascinated with imagery-this was the age of much curiosity thanks for the post giovonni.

11-19-2008, 05:20 PM	#1
giovonni Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: within my heart Posts: 1,209	DIY X-Ray Kits Sparked 19th Century Craze in Photography: Weird.com Greeting's Avalonian's, This is an interesting> story (with neat images), on this phenomenon 19th century> discovery in medicine and photography. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/xrays.html

11-19-2008, 06:36 PM	#2
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: DIY X-Ray Kits Sparked 19th Century Craze in Photography: Weird.com Good thing they put a halt to that!, early x-ray tubes had such wide scatter that radiation was being spread everywhere. I worked on x-ray systems for 6 years and had to wear a badge to determine how much radiation I received. I sent the badge in once a month and got a report back telling me how much, and how deep the radiation exposure was.Early systems had very long exposure times compared to fractions of a second today. I used to play around with them sometimes though, like x-ray my hand and feet just to see what they looked like. Oh and mammography has very low dose and women need not worry a bit! I actually specialized in mammography. I did go to Miami Metro Zoo after Hurricane Andrew and watched them x-ray a snake and one of the Bengal Tigers, which was huge, in fact they wanted me there just to be sure they didn't break the x-ray table with the tiger. Last edited by Dantheman62; 11-19-2008 at 06:41 PM.

11-19-2008, 06:44 PM	#3
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: DIY X-Ray Kits Sparked 19th Century Craze in Photography: Weird.com yeah,i've always been fascinated with imagery-this was the age of much curiosity thanks for the post giovonni.