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Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Radiology

Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Radiology REVIEW ARTICLE Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Radiology Liem T. Bui-Mansfield, MD,*Þ and Joseph B. Sutcliffe, MD* In the modern world of medicine, it may be difficult to Key Words: Nobel Prize, radiology appreciate the revolutionary discovery of Roentgen. His classic article, Ueber Eine Neue Art von Strahlen (On a New Kind of (J Comput Assist Tomogr 2009;33: 483Y488) Rays: A Preliminary Communication) submitted to the Wurz- burg Physical Medical Society on December 28, 1895, is ranked 83 in One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Roentgen’s discovery of radiographs has been considered the greatest ad- A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees farther of vance in diagnostic medicine since the invention of the stetho- scope by Laennec, ranking 11 of the 100 greatest advances in the two. medicine. Much has been written about the fortuitous discovery of radiographs by Roentgen. At the time, he was attempting to re- peat Lenard’s experiments on cathode rays using either a Lenard eorge Herbert (1593Y1633). Attribution: Jacula Prudentum. tube or Hittorf-Crookes tube. However, his experimental setup G The field of radiology owes its tremendous success, medical differed from http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography Wolters Kluwer Health

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REVIEW ARTICLE Nobel Prize Laureates Who Have Made Significant Contributions to Radiology Liem T. Bui-Mansfield, MD,*Þ and Joseph B. Sutcliffe, MD* In the modern world of medicine, it may be difficult to Key Words: Nobel Prize, radiology appreciate the revolutionary discovery of Roentgen. His classic article, Ueber Eine Neue Art von Strahlen (On a New Kind of (J Comput Assist Tomogr 2009;33: 483Y488) Rays: A Preliminary Communication) submitted to the Wurz- burg Physical Medical Society on December 28, 1895, is ranked 83 in One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Roentgen’s discovery of radiographs has been considered the greatest ad- A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees farther of vance in diagnostic medicine since the invention of the stetho- scope by Laennec, ranking 11 of the 100 greatest advances in the two. medicine. Much has been written about the fortuitous discovery of radiographs by Roentgen. At the time, he was attempting to re- peat Lenard’s experiments on cathode rays using either a Lenard eorge Herbert (1593Y1633). Attribution: Jacula Prudentum. tube or Hittorf-Crookes tube. However, his experimental setup G The field of radiology owes its tremendous success, medical differed from

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Published: Jul 1, 2009

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