ABSTRACT
Undeniably, one of the greatest medical advances during the 20th century was the development of radiography. The lives of countless individuals have been saved because physicians were able to “look” inside the patient with images produced by x-rays. Similarly, radiography has been an invaluable tool in archaeology and anthropology. The discipline of radiography has greatly expanded since Wilhelm Röntgen’s first public demonstration during the January 23, 1896 address to the Würzburg Physical Medical Society (Eisenberg 1992a). Today there are a number of modalities or methods under the broad area of radiography. Conventional, standard, or plain radiography are the commonly employed terms to identify the imaging modality that utilizes a basic x-ray source and film as the recording medium.
