ABSTRACT
Following the discovery of X-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Konrad Röentgen, the initial application of radiography lay in the demonstration of fractures and radio-opaque foreign bodies. Subsequently, the specialties of orthopaedics and radiology have emerged and developed in parallel. A broad understanding of the techniques employed in radiology as applied to orthopaedics is required for the practising orthopaedic surgeon.
