Seeing What's Before Us: Imaging in the Electronic Age

If you break your foot and need an x-ray, you are much more likely to be directed to the Department of Diagnostic Imaging than to the Radiology Department. Forward-thinking radiology departments now like to include "imaging" in their titles. It captures the trajectory of growth away from the classic Roentgen ray of 1895 into a boundless visual universe comprised of bits and bytes. Workhorse computed tomography (CT) scans are yielding ground to a complex stew of ultrasound, magnetic resonance, and molecular and nuclear imaging-based technologies, all readily accessible on-screen in just a few clicks.

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