We have used X-Rays as a medical imaging technique since 1895 when Wilhelm Roentgen concluded that he was able to create photos of body structures like tissues and bones by putting electromagnetic waves through the body. He named the phenomenon X because he did not fully know what made up the rays. Since that time, X-Rays have been the building block upon which medical imaging technology and equipment for medical imaging have been created. Even though the X-Ray has long been an essential medical imaging tool, this approach has had the drawback that the photos made are not exact. The images require very careful study and interpretation. Scientists have been researching for years in an attempt to find a way to make the radiographic images better. Recent breakthroughs in the development of laser X-Ray's have led to advancements that have the ability to enhance the quality of radiographic images. The light generated by a laser would be bright enough to create strong, distinct contrasts on radiographic images. Furthermore, grouping the power of a laser beam with X-Rays could produce better images by a factor of around 1,000. Medical imaging that could make the picture that much better might give us the resources to find abnormalities and cancers that you can not detect right now with our technology. Up until the last few years, the power source required to make the perfect strength laser beam for this invention was so enormous that it was impractical to even try. Nevertheless, due to new technology, researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder have created a method to make strong laser beams from a table top size source of power. This makes laser X-Ray technology a reachable reality. The research team used a laser beam to send out atoms from argon, a highly stable chemical element. The resulting release of X-Rays was not strong enough to be of use. The group then hurled the atoms back into the argon, causing a larger, more smooth stream of X-Rays of sufficient size to be of use. This boomerang method is being handled to make a highly regular, very strong source of X-Rays, grouped with laser beams. The method isnt prepared for use in the clinical setting. More research is needed to extend the method into the hard X-Ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum. When the task at hand has been overcome, the commercial laser X-Ray will come next.
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