50 Times People X-Rayed Things And Got Interesting Results

In 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen produced and discovered X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. In his initial report, the first paper written on X-rays, Röntgen referred to the radiation as “X”, to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation.

The name stuck, although many of his colleagues suggested calling them Röntgen rays (over his great objections). Interestingly, they are still referred to as such in many languages. In 1901, Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.

Today, X-rays are essential in various sectors such as health care and transportation security. People even use them to detect art forgeries!

To show you just how deeply they have penetrated our lives, We put together a list of some of the most interesting X-ray images we could find on the Internet. From an Egyptian sarcophagus to a metal arm, let’s take a closer look, shall we?

#1 Roommate Is A Radiology Major And Today They X-Rayed Flowers. Thought You Guys Might Enjoy

X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, similar to visible light. But X-rays have higher energy than light and can pass through most objects, including the body. Medical X-rays are used to generate images of tissues and structures inside the body. If X-rays traveling through the body also pass through an x-ray detector on the other side of the patient, an image will be formed that represents the “shadows” formed by the objects inside the body.

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General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., told We that probably the most common X-ray of all is the chest X-ray, simply because it’s often done when people are coughing, especially longer than a couple of weeks. “Other common X-rays that are fairly routine are mammography (looking for breast cancer in women) and CAT scans (we’ll do CAT scans of the chest, the abdomen, and that’s often to look for various cancers as well).”

#3 X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog

#4 The Radiology Waiting Room In Local Hospital Has The Usual Naff Floral Decor, Except… They’re X-Rays

Even though X-rays have saved countless lives and helped in a range of important discoveries, scientists have shown concern over the health implications of getting one. “No radiation is considered particularly healthy because ionizing radiation can interfere with the way cells divide and cause normal cells to become cancerous cells,” Gorfinkel explained. “But the reality of the amount of radiation with various studies is that it’s actually very low, and does not tend to do that unless they are constantly repeated.”

#5 X-Ray Of A Kiwi Bird With Its Egg

#6 X-Ray Of A Stingray

Experts estimate that 0.4 percent of cancers in the U.S. are caused by CT scans and that an average CT scan might raise the chance of fatal cancer by 1 in 2,000. However, this figure pales in comparison to the natural incidence of fatal cancer in the US of 1 in 5.

“For the most part, for the vast majority of people getting X-rays, that’s not a concern,” Gorfinkel said. In other words, the risks are very little compared to the benefits of medical imaging.

#7 X-Ray Of A Hammerhead Shark

#8 I Have A Rare Disorder Called Cleidocranial Dysotosis. Got My First Dental X-Ray Today And I Have A Lot Of Extra Teeth

#9 An X-Ray Of An Egyptian Sarcophagus Revealed A Kitten Inside

To give you some context, the Earth is constantly bombarded by cosmic radiation, including X-rays. These rays are not harmless but they are unavoidable, and the radiation is at such low levels that its effects are virtually unnoticed. “There was always an ambient amount of radiation, in other words, just walking around on planet Earth, we have exposure,” Gorfinkel said.

#10 X-Ray Scans Of A Painting Of The Young Charles II Of Spain Reveal That The Artist Painted Over An Earlier Painting When Charles Was A Few Years Younger

#11 Daughter Demanded Peppa Pig Get X-Ray With Her

#12 X-Rays Of Children’s’ Mouths Between The Ages Of 6-12 Years Still Hold Wonder For Me, Even After Being A Dentist For 10+ Years

A chest X-ray is equivalent to a just few days of the amount of natural background radiation and a mammogram is three months worth. But a CAT scan of the abdomen, for example, is worth years of natural background radiation. Gorfinkel said it’s important for people to realize that CAT scans, in general, are much higher in radiation than X-rays.

#13 Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis

#14 My Wife’s A Ballerina, This Is Her X-Ray While En Pointe

#15 Scoliosis Surgery, Before And After

“I view them as invasive tests, even though people don’t feel anything going on. Considering that a CAT scan of the chest or a CAT scan of the abdomen is equivalent to three years of natural background radiation, they should be done with careful thought—they shouldn’t be just done willy nilly.”

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#16 X-Ray Of A Seahorse

#17 Pregnant Cat X-Ray

#18 A Nice Clear X-Ray Showing My RNS Device, The Leads That Run To The Point Where My Seizures Originate

And also the brackets holding my skull together after my craniotomy (and the staples holding my scalp together).

#19 When You Accidentally X-Ray Anubis. Dog Moved At Just The Right Time During An X-Ray

#20 X-Ray Of A Foot In Stilettos

#21 Well, That Sucks A Lot

#22 Snake Has A Kidney Tumor. Wanted To Share His X-Ray. Wish Him Luck In Surgery

#23 Backscatter X-Ray Identifying Contraband In A Truck. An Operator Noticed Anomalies In The Right-Side Z Backscatter View, And Flagged This Vehicle For Further Inspection

#24 This Is An X-Ray Of The Device Doctors Put In My Dad’s Neck, Containing Undeveloped Bone Cells And Stem Cells To Regrow Parts Of His Spine. Science

#25 I Got A Panoramic X-Ray Of My Teeth The Other Day. The Dentist Forgot To Have Me Remove My Glasses

#26 X-Ray Of A Flamingo

#27 X-Ray Of A Cat With Scoliosis, Causing Her To Be Round

#28 Girl Was Nervous The X-Ray Machine Would Hurt So I Took A Quick Shot Of Her Stuffed Fox To Show It Was Fine

#29 Miss Correct Posture, 1956. At A Chiropractic Convention In Chicago, The Contest Winners Were Picked For The Beauty Of Their X-Rays And Their Standing Posture

#30 X-Ray Of My Metal Arm

#31 I Took An X-Ray Today And They Told Me That My Wisdom Teeth Are Pretty Strange

#32 A Man In China Had A Steel Spoon Lodged In His Esophagus For A Year, But Surprisingly, The Half-Swallowed Utensil Didn’t Cause Too Much Discomfort

#33 I Took This X-Ray On A Covid+ Patient Hours After My Friend Tried To Tell Me Covid Isn’t That Bad

#34 A Tiger’s Paw

#35 Gravid Ball Python X-Ray

#36 I Dislocated My Jaw… While Eating Cereal

#37 Nikola Tesla’s Foot In A Shoe, By Himself. Tesla Obtained The Image In 1896 With X-Rays Generated By His Own Vacuum Tube, Similar To Lenard’s Tube, At A Distance Of 8 Feet

#38 This Guy Had Two Nails From A Nail Gun Hit His Leg, And They Both Missed His Femur And His Kneecap

#39 An X-Ray Of My Cat’s Intestines, Kinda Looks Like Santa In A Sleigh

#40 Pre-Flight X-Ray Image Of Neil Armstrong’s Moon Boots Taken On July 7, 1969

NASA x-rayed everything the astronauts wore in order to verify that there were no sharp objects embedded in the cloth that could puncture the pressure suit

#41 An X-Ray Of A Ghost Bat

#42 Just Received My X-Rays From Saturday’s Debacle. They Had To Cut My Ring Off Before Returning My Bones To Their Full Upright And Locked Position

My fingers are still sore/stiff/swollen but mostly functional

#43 Cheese!

#44 X-Ray Of A LED Bulb From Philips

#45 Chest X-Ray Of Attempted Suicide By Injecting Elemental Mercury (Quicksilver) Intravenously

#46 I Love How Sinister These Cute, Innocent Dolls Look Under X-Ray. It Shows Their True Colours

This peek-a-boo doll shrieks that over and over again even with just one squeeze. It also covers its eyes. If only it would cover my ears

#47 X-Ray Of A Plant As A Decoration At My Local Hospital

#48 Ineffective Gold Thread Acupuncture Treatment For Osteoarthritis Of The Left Knee

#49 My Son Got Shot In The Face By A BB Gun Two Years Ago (Accidentally). Found The BB Today

#50 X-Ray Techs Were Amazed At My Cervical Spine Imaging Given Extreme Hyper Mobility

#51 This Person Broke This On Sunday And Came In On Thursday

#52 X-Rays Before And After Spinal Fusion Surgery For Scoliosis. I Had Surgery At 12 After The Curvature Continued Getting Worse Despite Interventions Being Taken

15 years since surgery and I have no back-related issues. The only issues are caused by the scar tissue from the auto-bone graft from my hip

#53 X-Ray Of My Arm After Amputation, Thanks To Driver Who Fell Asleep At The Wheel

#54 My Wife Took Our Cat To The Vet And My Son Told The Vet His Toy Dinosaur Was Feeling Poorly So The Vet Gave It An X-Ray

#55 X-Ray Of A Panda Hand vs. A Human Hand; Pandas Have An Extra “Thumb” To Help Grip Bamboo Stalks

#56 Bullet In Knee After 14 Years. A 46-Year-Old Man With A Prior Gunshot Wound To The Left Knee Presented With Worsening Knee Pain

Radiographs showed fragmentation of the bullet into innumerable metallic particles

#57 My (Nearly 60-Years-Old) Father’s Arm After Being Thwomped By A Cow This Morning

#58 Just A Bunch Of Grapes. Green Ones To Be Slightly More Specific

#59 This X-Ray Of A Male Veiled Chameleon Shows The Internal Structure Of Its Casque (Structure On The Head) Which Is Used To Collect Dew, Funneling It Towards The Mouth

#60 Missing Dentures Found In Man’s Throat 8 Days After Surgery

#61 Doctor’s Office Christmas Card Is An X-Ray Made To Look Like Rudolph

#62 Polydactyl Claw X-Ray

#63 Wasp X-Ray

#64 Thought I Had Jammed My Pinky. At The Doc’s Office The Next Day, She Told Me To Come With Her To The X-Ray Room And To Bring My Camera

She said it was a ‘spiral fracture’ and that she doesn’t get to see many of those (she’s my PCP). I was quickly referred over to ortho

#65 I Give This Post Two Thumbs Up

#66 A Wooden Adjustable Doll. Some Interesting Bits In The Inside

#67 Lipsticks! I Love That They Added Some Weight To A Couple To Make Them Feel Expensive

#68 My Heart Rat Had To Have X-Rays. This One’s The Most Humorous. She Gave 2 Poops

#69 My X-Rays Before Braces In August 2018 To Now August 2020

#70 My Newborn Son’s X-Ray At 1 Day Old

#71 X-Ray Of A Photographer And Camera

#72 Snake X-Ray

#73 80’s Video Monitor/TV Screen. I Found One Small Enough To X-Ray. This One Brought Me Joy. I Hope It Does For You Too

#74 X-Ray Of A Coconut

#75 X-Ray Of A Turtle With Eggs

#76 Panoramic X-Ray Of A Child (Adult Teeth Growing In)

#77 My Chest X-Ray After 3 Pacemaker Surgeries, A Median Sternotomy And Valve Repair

#78 Moon Snail Shell. This Was Collected By A Friend Off Of Savary Island B.C.

#79 X-Ray Of A Hedgehog With Balloon Syndrome

#80 Patient Went To Take Vitamins She Had In Her Pocket, Scooped Up The Ring In There As Well

Fun fact, the reason the ring was in her pocket in the first place was because the center stone fell out and she was going to take it to the jewelers.

#81 The Little Girl Swallowed A Coin

#82 The Worst Case Of Rheumatoid Arthritis I’ve Ever Seen

#83 Anne Geddes Baby Bear Toy. I Hope You Saw This In The Morning And Not Right Before Bed

#84 Hedgehog (Dark Spot Is Gas In The Stomach)

#85 6 Years Ago Today I Had A Surgery To Straighten Up My Spine, This Is The Before And After Result. I Gained 5 Cm With The Process

#86 I Went For A Sinus X-Ray And They Said I Didn’t Need To Takes Out All My Piercings, This Is What It Looked Like

#87 Steel Boned Corset. I Can’t Believe This Is Clothing

#88 Finally Cropped Out All My Personal Info So, Enjoy This X-Ray

#89 Not Every Day You See A Prosthetic Breaking

#90 Screech Owl

#91 Godzilla, King Of The Monsters

#92 Father In Law Is A Radiologist. Put This In His X-Ray Stack For My Hand

#93 My Daughter’s X-Ray Last Year When She Was 5 Years Old. I Was Amazed At Seeing This

#94 My Friends X-Ray After Being Shot With A Shotgun

#95 Winnie Jungbluth, At 5 Years Old “She’s Exhibiting Nesting Behavior But Hasn’t Laid Any Eggs And We Are Worried About Her”

#96 Went Through 21 Years Thinking I Never Broke A Bone Until An X-Ray For A Shoulder Problem Revealed This Atrocity, It Broke And Healed Without Me Knowing, Was Nice Knowing You

#97 A Woman I Work With Had An X-Ray Done To Her Foot For Her Arthritis… Found This Surprise. Apparently It’s Been There For Over 30 Years

#98 So My Patient Wouldn’t Let Me X-Ray Her Unless I Promised To X-Ray Her Pony After

#99 X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog

#100 Xray Of My Little Finger Dislocated

#101 I Have 5 Wisdom Teeth

#102 Digestion In The Process – X-Ray Of A Diamond Python

#103 An Old X Ray Of My Pacemaker/Defibrillator. I’ve Since Gotten A New Heart And Don’t Need It Anymore

#104 Don’t Punch Things Folks

#105 A Well Loved Pair Of Capezio Tap Shoes

#106 My (33 Year Old) X Rays Showing My Remaining Baby Teeth

#107 Fat-Tailed Gecko

#108 This Is My X-Ray After I Ate A Quarter After Stealing It From My Brother When I Was 5

#109 I Finally Got X-Rays Of My Leg After Amputation

#110 This X-Ray Of My Hedgehog

#111 It Would Be Pointless For A Guessing Game, So Here’s A Twix

#112 My Cat Louis Ate A Key. Don’t Worry, He Is Okay Post-Enterotomy

#113 A Nespresso Machine

#114 Dads Leg Xray

#115 How Fat My Cat Looks In His X-Ray

#116 My Snake Is Full Of Eggs

#117 Today I Took A Dental X-Ray For A Child. This Is How The Milk Teeth Change Permanently. The Picture Clearly Shows How The Premolar Comes Out

#118 Swamy X-Ray From When I Was 3 And Swallowed An AA Battery

#119 My Little Pony Collection. They’re My Daughter’s Newer Ones. We Blew Up My Sister’s Original Ones Back In The Day

#120 As I Am No Botanist, Here Is An X-Ray Of A Random House Plant

#121 Since We’re Posting Cool X-Rays (Possibly A Gila Monster)

#122 My Gecko Got X-Rays The Other Day And Thought You Guys Might Like To See

#123 Saxophone

#124 X-Ray From The Dentist Shows A BB From When I Got Shot In The Face About 15 Years Ago

#125 X-Ray Of Blow Dart In My Hand

#126 Cat Pooping During An Xray

#127 This Is An Xray Of My Old Cochlear Implant. Unfortunately It Didn’t Work, So It Was Removed. But It Is Pretty Wild To See All Of The Parts That Were In My Head

#128 ED Patient From A While Ago Who Stabbed Himself In The Leg – AP Showed The Knife Sitting Around 2 cm Medially To The Femur

#129 Dwarf Mongoose

#130 Flamingo’s Legs

#131 I Went To The Dentist For Tooth Pain, I Got My X-Rays Taken And The Dental Assistant Said My Wisdom Teeth Were “Like Something Out Of A Textbook”