title: New Jersey's Thomas Edison and the fluoroscope.
abstract: Thomas Edison played a major role in the development of early x-ray technology in 1896, notably increasing tube power and reliability and making the fluoroscope a practical instrument. Eventually, Edison would move x-ray technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.
authors.affiliation: Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Tselos
mesh_terms: D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey