Rontgendiagnostiek voor 'n nuwe uitdaging - die toegepaste fisiologie.

Abstract

Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895 by Conrad Rontgen, progress in the technical field has more or less kept pace with advancement in clinical radiology. One aspect of radiology, however, lagged behind the enormous progress in technology, namely the applied physiology. Diagnostic radiology has to a large extent concentrated on static documentation of physiological and pathological processes, while facilities for documentation of flow patterns are being made available to an increasing extent. A vast scope for research, teaching, and detecting incipient pathological processes is afforded by using techniques where the actual processes are recorded and stored by means of e.g. video tapes and cine radiology. By correlating live radiology with clinical data, the changes indicative of early or incipient pathology can be observed and stored for reference in a library to supplement the standard film "museums" of teaching hospitals.