Introduction. Chaminade University, which was founded in 1955, is a private, not-for-profit university and is the only Catholic university in Hawaii.
German scientist discovers X-rays. On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible.
An x-ray is very similar to the light rays that our eye can perceive, except that they have much higher energy. This higher energy corresponds with their shorter wavelength. To generate an x-ray, a cathode is heated to a high temperature.The heat causes electrons to break away from the cathode.he patient is positioned between the x-ray machine and the film. It is the x ray technician's job to properly align the patient in space in order to capture the appropriate 2-D plane. Areas not of interest should be appropriately shielded. After the beam is activated, the film is shown to the radiologist.