Radiation - ANS Energy carried by waves or a stream of particles.
X-radiation - ANS a high-energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with
a metal target in an x-ray tube
xray - ANS A beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image
shadows on photographic film
radiology - ANS The science or study of radiation as used in medicine
Radiograph - ANS An image or picture produced on a receptor. 2D or 3D object
Dental Radiograph - ANS A photographic image produced on film by the passage of x-rays
through teeth and related structures
Radiography - ANS The art and science of making radiographs by the exposure of film to x-rays
Dental Radiography - ANS The production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures
by the exposure of an image receptor to x-rays
Dental Radiographer - ANS Any person who positions, exposes, and processes dental x-ray
image receptors
Image - ANS a picture or likeness of an object
Image Receptor - ANS A recording medium.
Imaging Dental - ANS The creation of digital, print, or film representation of anatomic structures
for the purpose of diagnosis
Roentgen - ANS discovered x-rays
Walkoff - ANS First digital radiograph
Morton - ANS First dental radiograph in US
Kells - ANS Exposed first dental radiograph in United States (living patient)
Rollins - ANS Wrote first paper on the danger of x-radiation
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