Radiology - was discovered by a german scientist by the name of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. The traditional application for x-ray is to assist in the evaluation of bony structures and soft tissues beneath the skin surface. An x-ray machine directs electromagnetic radiation upon a specific body region, where is passes through the lesser dense structures such as fat, skin, muscle and air (lungs) while creating a scatter effect when it penetrate denser material such as bones and tumor tissue. This is the reason that x-ray images are darker in some areas and lighter is others. Traditional x-ray required the use of actual film that was placed within a cassette for exposure. Once the exposure occurred, the film is removed from the cassette (in a dark room) and run through a film processor, which is the same process as developing camera film. Today’s radiology has moved to a process called CR or Computed Radiology which is also very much like the conversion of film cameras to digital cameras. There is no more film and the images are acquired by exposing sensors within the cassette to radiation, which is then digitally uploaded into a specialized reading stations where the images are then viewed on high resolution computer screens. Parkland Medical Center converted to this new technology several years ago and films are now provided to patients or consulting physicians on a CD or via web based access through a private and secure network connection.