X-ray
See-through medical image
X-ray is the standard capitalized spelling for the electromagnetic radiation discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, and for images produced using it: The doctor ordered an X-ray of her chest.
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X.
As a verb, to X-ray means to examine with this technology: They X-rayed his luggage at customs.
Also spelled x-ray.
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- ionizingProducing charged particles
absorption · spectrum · frequency · kilovolt · cathode · anode · tube · diffraction
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
ionizing · absorption · spectrum · frequency · kilovolt · cathode · anode · tube · diffraction · crystallography
Bravo
Exclamation praising performance
Golf · Hotel · India · Juliet · Lima · Mike · November · Oscar · Quebec · Romeo
pulsar
Magnetized rotating neutron emitter
telescope · cosmic · binary · corona · solar · flare · supernova · neutron · observatory · satellite
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- imagingdigital imaging, medical imaging, camera, digital camera, MRI
- Medical Advancespenicillin, vaccine, insulin pump, pacemaker, organ transplant
X-rayradio wave
Electromagnetic broadcast frequency
infrared · visible light · microwave · gamma ray · ultraviolet
X-rayvisible light
Radiation the eye detects
sunlight · daylight · ambient light · white light · colored light
X-rayultrasound
Inaudible high-frequency waves
MRI · physical examination · sonogram · magnetic resonance imaging · palpation