Development Year: 1895
Inventor: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Description: X-ray machines are used in health care for visualizing bone structures, during surgeries (especially orthopedic) to assist surgeons in reattaching broken bones with screws or structural plates, assisting cardiologists in locating blocked arteries and guiding stent placements or performing angioplasties and for other dense tissues such as tumors.
The main fields in which x-ray machines are used in medicine are radiography, radiotherapy, and fluoroscopic-type procedures.
Functionality: Electric waves are emitted from the x-ray machine, to the targeted part of the body. Based on the tissue the waves encounter, a different amount of the rays get absorbed by the body which creates an image of the inside of the body.
Source: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/x-rayexaminations#:~:text=An%20x%2Dray%20examination%20creates,device%20to%20produce%20the%20image.