| X-Rays have been in use as a medical imaging | | | | give us the resources to find abnormalities and |
| technique since 1895 when Wilhelm Roentgen | | | | cancers that you can not detect right now with |
| found that he was able to create images of | | | | our technology. Up until recently, the power |
| internal bodily structures such as bones and | | | | source required to generate the right strength |
| tissues by putting electromagnetic waves through | | | | laser beam for this invention was so massive that |
| the body. He called the project X because he did | | | | it was unrealistic to even try. However, |
| not fully understand what made up the rays. | | | | researchers at the University of Colorado in |
| X-Rays have been the building block upon which | | | | Boulder have created a method to generate |
| medical imaging technology and equipment for | | | | mighty laser beams from a reasonably sized |
| medical imaging have been constructed. Although | | | | source of power. This makes laser X-Ray |
| the X-Ray (or radiograph) has long been a basic | | | | technology a reachable reality. The team that is |
| medical imaging tool, this approach has always had | | | | researching this used a laser beam to send out |
| the drawback that the images produced are not | | | | atoms from argon, a highly stable chemical |
| exact. The images require extremely careful | | | | element. The emission of X-Rays was not strong |
| analysis and interpretation. Scientists have been | | | | enough to be of use. The research group then |
| researching for years in an attempt to find a way | | | | shot the atoms right back at the argon which |
| to make the radiographic images better. Recent | | | | made a bigger, more agreeable ray of X-Rays of |
| findings in the growth of laser X-Ray's have led to | | | | big enough size to be of use. This boomerang |
| advancements that have the capability to | | | | method is now being fingered to generate a |
| completely change the quality of radiographic | | | | regular, very mighty source of X-Rays, grouped |
| images. The light created by a laser would be | | | | with laser beams. The method is not yet ready |
| very bright, so bright it could make distinct and | | | | for use in the medical field. More studying is |
| strong contrasts on radiographic images. | | | | necessary to extend the method into the hard |
| Moreover, grouping the candle power of a laser | | | | X-Ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
| beam with X-Rays may produce better photos | | | | When the task at hand has been overcome, the |
| by a factor of around 1,000. Medical imaging that | | | | commercial laser X-Ray will follow. |
| could make the picture that much better might | | | | |