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* Introduction The X-Ray Years * The Discovery of X-Rays: Seeing Is Believing * Medical Applications: The Living Body Beneath the Skin * Technological Innovation 18971918: Building a Better Mousetrap * Medical Politics Between the Wars: Setting Standards * Technological Innovation 19181940: Sharper, Clearer, Deeper * X-Rays in the Imagination: The Avant-Garde Through Surrealism Beyond The X-Ray * The Perfect Slice: The Story of CT Scanning * A Subtler Slice: Magnetic Resonance Imaging * From the Inside Out: PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
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