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A brief history of radiology

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Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Within weeks of his announcement hospitals world-wide had taken the initiative to open up X-ray rooms, which gave rise to the first radiology departments. (3) 11) Charles Dotter, a vascular radiologist and commonly known as ‘The Father of Interventional Radiology’, invented angioplasty. (12)

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The radiologist in 22 years time

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Add to this an ageing population, an increased prevalence of comorbidities (4) and that modern medicine is practiced in a more defensive way than in the past and it is easy to see why there will be no slowdown in the burden placed upon radiological services. 2011, 2010–based national population projections, Mortality Assumptions.