This year marked the 100th anniversary of the imaging industry’s largest conference, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which was a huge milestone for the industry. To help celebrate this milestone and illustrate the massive technological changes the industry has undergone over the past century, ITN worked with its contributing editor to create a comprehensive article that details and highlights the evolution of the imaging industry. The article, which also includes a comprehensive timeline that traces back to the early days of Wilhelm Roentgen discovering the X-ray, to the invention of the computed tomography scanner that was featured on this issue’s cover, and revolutionized imaging technology. The article takes the reader full-circle to today’s current technology, including 3-D breast imaging to aid in cancer detection, and beyond. The article leads its reader through the rich and eclectic past of imaging and its crucial milestones, up to present day technologies.
