Did you know that a week after Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x ray, he took an x ray photo of his wife’s hand, which revealed the wedding ring and her bones? X rays have become an extremely important part of medical technology, as they allow physicians and other medical experts to see inside people’s bodies, allowing for diagnosis of broken bones and other potential health risks like cancer.

However, x rays produce, radiation, and as such x ray accessories like lead glasses and lead aprons have to be worn when exposed to the direct x rays. Initially, radiographs were known as roentgenograms, named after the famous William Roentgen. The world of x rays has developed greatly since Roentgen’s time, as many radiographers often do mammography, ultrasounds, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imagine as well as regular x rays.

Without PACS monitors, however, x ray images would be difficult to see. Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via pACS, which eliminates the need to manually file, retrieve or transport the actual film images taken with x rays.

Most PACS handle images from all sorts of medical imagine instruments, like ultrasounds, magnetic resonance, positron emission tomography, computed tomography, endoscopy, mammograms, digital radiography, computed radiography and ophthalmology.

Ultimately, most medical centers have medical grade computers with PACS monitors, which allow them to easily view medical images and file them digitally. Nevertheless, radiography does require some radiation protection products, but altogether, PACS, medical grade computers, radiography and even the protective products represent the advance in medical technology.