Eserval Rocha-Júnior, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes
Sao Paulo Med J . 2023 Jan-Feb;141(1):1-3. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2022.14111125082022.
The radiological evaluation of anatomical structures is a fundamental part of the diagnostic and therapeutic workup in modern medicine. Since the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895, the medical community has added to its arsenal of instruments capable of evaluating the interior of the human body non-invasively.1 Each development being safer and more efficient radiological exams became capable of identifying, isolating, and analyzing—with high realism—the anatomy and functionality of organs, gaining popularity at almost the same rate at which they evolved.2