Notebook 10 April Murray

Fluoroscopy Historical Timeline

Date Occurrence
November 8, 1895 -Discovery of x-ray, he placed his
hand between the tube and a screen
and saw his fingers move
1896 -Several other contributors, Salvioni
of Italy, McGie of Princeton, and
Thomas Edison.

1909 Thoracic fluoroscopy using handheld

fluorescent screen. No radiation
protection is used, as the dangers of
X-rays were not yet recognized.
1919 To prevent this, red adaption
goggles were developed by Wilhelm
Rontgen, so that the radiologist can
function normally during the
procedure.
1937 -Irving Langmuir patented the image
Intensifier
1940s -A technician, as they were called in
early years, using fluoro to image a
female patient.
1948 -J.W. Coltman improved upon the
design so that the image brightness
increased 1000 times.
1950s -This was a shoe-fitting device.
Viewed from above by the salesman
and the parents, while the person
trying on the shoes stood on the x-
ray source.
1950s and 1952 -Medical 1950s fluoroscope.
-The doctor looked into the screen
directly in a darkened room. Photo
taken 1952.
1953 -Westinghouse company
manufactured the first commercial
use Image Intensifier
 Notebook 10 April Murray
Fluoroscopy Historical Timeline

In a narrative, list and describe the terminology of basic visual

physiology and determine its importance in radiology image
illumination.

Photopic vision is daylight vision: The current way that fluoroscopy is seen.
Scotopic vision is night time vision: The darkened room or special goggles
helped with this vision.
Dark adapt means activating the rods in the periphery of the retina.
The cones are located within the Fovea centralis, the rods are found in the
periphery of the retina layer. The rods and cones are photoreceptors. Before
the development of image intensifiers in fluoroscopy, the radiologist had to
dark adapt their vision to see the images. The images in early equipment
produced images that were very dim.
When pertaining to monitor viewing the unit of measurement of any
luminescence.