ABSTRACT
X-rays are the most commonly employed and technologically important form of ionizing radiation for industrial or nondestructive evaluation (NDE) computed tomography (CT) imaging applications. It is the penetrating nature of X-rays and the ease of interpretation that are most utilized in industrial applications. These same characteristics led to their discovery by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895. On the 100year anniversary of Röntgen’s work,
Physics Today
published a special issue
summarizing the important developments in X-ray science and applications in the past century.
