Reynolds April
Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, Biomedical Writing, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, USA.
Radiol Technol. 2010 Mar-Apr;81(4):361-79.
Perhaps the first instance of forensic radiography occurred in the 1890s when Professor AW Wright of Yale University tested Wilhelm Roentgen's newly discovered x-ray photography on a deceased rabbit. Of interest were small, round objects inside the rabbit that appeared as dark spots on the positive film. The objects were extracted and identified as bullets, thereby helping to determine the cause of the rabbit's death. In the years since Roentgen's discovery, the use of radiography and other medical imaging specialties to aid in investigating civil and criminal matters has increased as investigators realize how radiologic technology can yield information that otherwise is unavailable. Radiologic technologists can play a key role in forensic investigations.
也许法医放射学的首个实例出现在19世纪90年代，当时耶鲁大学的AW·赖特教授在一只死兔身上测试了威廉·伦琴新发现的x光摄影技术。人们感兴趣的是兔子体内那些在正片上呈现为黑点的小的圆形物体。这些物体被取出并鉴定为子弹，从而有助于确定兔子的死因。自伦琴发现x光以来，随着调查人员意识到放射技术能够提供其他方式无法获得的信息，利用放射学及其他医学成像专业手段协助民事和刑事调查的情况日益增多。放射技师在法医调查中可以发挥关键作用。
