Abstract

Radiation has captured our imagination and has been the fundamental source for medical diagnosis. In practicing radiology, we cannot live without radiation; in fact, no matter where we live on this planet, we are not immune, as we are constantly exposed to natural radiation. From the first x-ray until today, when more than 400 million x-ray procedures are done annually in the United States alone [1] and nearly 1 billion worldwide, the x-ray has been a lightning rod for both favorable and unfavorable opinions.

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