X-ray vision : the evolution of medical imaging and its human significance /
The discovery of the x-ray in 1895 proved to be one of the most transformative breakthroughs in the history of science. It ushered in a new era in medicine, allowing physicians and patients to peer inside the living human body, without the use of a scalpel, to assess health and diagnose diseases. Th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; 1 X-Ray Vision; 2 A New Kind of Light; 3 Transgressions; 4 Artistic Vision; 5 Scientific Vision; 6 Seeing With Sound; 7 Illuminating Reproduction; 8 Slices of Life; 9 Magnetic Imaging; 10 Hunting Cancer; 11 Too Little, Too Late; 12 Oracular Vision; 13 Coda: Images and Words; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X.