X-rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation with high energy and frequency, but lower than gamma rays. They can pass through many materials, including body tissue, making them useful for medical imaging.
In our piano analogy, X-rays would be the high notes that are just a bit lower than the gamma rays. They're like the superman of waves - they have the power to see through objects (like Superman's x-ray vision)!
Radiography: The use of X-rays to view a non-uniformly composed material such as the human body.
Computed Tomography (CT): A medical imaging technique that uses computer-processed combinations of multiple X-ray measurements taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional images of specific areas of a scanned object.
Fluoroscopy: A type of medical imaging that shows a continuous X-ray image on a monitor, much like an X-ray movie.
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