[Of scanning and imaging: I remember].
Modern imaging and body scanning techniques appeared some 40 years. They have revolutionized the practice of diagnostic medicine. Some pioneers in this field are here to witness their earlier inventions being made obsolete by the rapid development of computer and electronic techniques. Since the first bronchial endoscopies performed in 1956, applications of imaging techniques have become commonplace. However, the virtual world has not yielded yet to the human capacity to perceive and integrate. This is a challenge to physicians who are more bound today to the dictates of engineering than to clinical practice.
Lamielle
Jean-Claude
JC
Unité de Recherche en Imagerie Biomédicale, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêrière, 6, rue de la Marseillaise, 75019 Paris.
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans