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X-ray examination is the most traditional, most widely used and most important modality in diagnostic imaging. Since the discovery of X-ray by a German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, along with deeper understandings about properties of X-ray and the gradual improvement of X-ray apparatus, X-ray examination is playing an increasingly important role in clinical diagnosis of various diseases.
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Li, P., Zhang, J., Yu, S., Guo, Y., Yang, X. (2017). Radiological Modalities for Diagnosis. In: LI, H. (eds) Radiology of Parasitic Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0911-6_5
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