Verschakelen J A, Bogaert J
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
J Belge Radiol. 1995 Dec;78(6):361-2.
There are three milestones in the history of thoracic radiology. Thoracic radiology started in 1897 when Williams developed thoracic fluoroscopy and introduced the basic concepts of roentgenologic interpretation. At the same time, the first chest films were performed allowing decisive improvement in the diagnosis of many chest diseases. Continuous technical improvement is responsible for the fact that, even today, the conventional chest film remains a highly accurate and frequently used imaging modality. A third milestone was the development of digital radiography and its use in the chest. Computerised tomography changed thoracic imaging dramatically; in a first step mainly as a tool to visualise soft tissue abnormalities and, later on, also as a modality to study lung disease. The recent development of the digital chest radiograph has again added new perspectives to the approach and diagnosis of chest disease.
胸部放射学史上有三个里程碑。胸部放射学始于1897年，当时威廉姆斯发明了胸部荧光透视法，并引入了X线诊断的基本概念。与此同时，首次进行了胸部X光片拍摄，这使得许多胸部疾病的诊断有了决定性的改善。持续的技术进步使得即使在今天，传统的胸部X光片仍然是一种高度准确且经常使用的成像方式。第三个里程碑是数字放射成像技术的发展及其在胸部的应用。计算机断层扫描极大地改变了胸部成像；最初主要作为一种可视化软组织异常的工具，后来也成为研究肺部疾病的一种方式。数字胸部X光片的最新发展再次为胸部疾病的诊断方法增添了新的视角。
