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Modern Marvels
Season 6 · Episode 11
Medical Imaging
0.044mDecember 7, 1998
The story of medical imaging, the technology that allows us to see inside the human body, is full of amazing stories. Learn how X-rays were discovered in 1895, completely by accident; how ultrasound was developed to locate enemy submarines, and how the CAT Scan might never have been built if it weren’t for The Beatles!
Episodes
- Episode 1Demolition
- Episode 2The Atlantic Wall
- Episode 3History of Tall Buildings
- Episode 4Aquariums
- Episode 5Las Vegas Hotels.
- Episode 6The Oakland Bay Bridge.
- Episode 7Monumental Statues
- Episode 8Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs
- Episode 9The Police Car
- Episode 10Plastics
- Episode 11Medical Imaging
- Episode 12Extreme Sports Gadgets
- Episode 13Bombs
- Episode 14Prosthetics
- Episode 15Weather Prediction
- Episode 16Stereos
- Episode 17Mail Delivery
- Episode 18Clocks
- Episode 19Airships.
- Episode 20Physical Fitness
- Episode 21Engineering Disasters
- Episode 22City Parks
- Episode 23Spy Technology
- Episode 24Battlefield Medicine
- Episode 25U.S. Mints: Money Machines
- Episode 26Rescue Equipment
- Episode 27Scuba And Deep Sea Diving
- Episode 28Offshore Oil Drilling
- Episode 29Dynamite.
- Episode 30Hoover Dam.
- Episode 31Baseball Parks
- Episode 32New York Bridges
- Episode 33Crash Testing
- Episode 34Parachutes
- Episode 35Newspapers
- Episode 36Fireworks
- Episode 37Simulators
- Episode 38The Tool Bench: Power Tools
- Episode 39The Tool Bench: Hand Tools
- Episode 40More Earthmovers.
- Episode 41Forts
- Episode 42Emergency Room
- Episode 43Motorcycles
- Episode 44Security Systems
- Episode 45More Engineering Disasters.
- Episode 46Niagara Power
- Episode 47Casino Technology
- Episode 48Lost Marvels