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Not long after the X-ray was discovered in 1895, Children's Hospital Boston became the first hospital in the United States to open a radiology department just for children. In these earlier days, the hospital's physicians made substantial contributions toward establishing pediatric radiology as a specialty.

The Department of Radiology has since become the largest and one of the most respected pediatric radiology programs in the world and has continued to be a leader in innovation. Here are some highlights in our history:

  • 1899: Four years after the X-ray was discovered, a young Children's Hospital Boston surgeon, Ernest Amory Codman began producing X-ray images on glass plates.
  • 1901: Dr. Codman logged 300 cases at Children's Hospital Boston, initiating the first pediatric radiology department in America.
  • 1910: Children's Hospital Boston doctors author the first published text on pediatric radiology: Living Anatomy and Pathology: The Diagnosis of Diseases in Early Life by the Roentgen Method.
  • 1911: Harvard Medical School students were offered the first course in radiology of childhood taught by physicians at Children's Hospital Boston.
  • 1949: Children's Hospital Boston offered the first fellowship program in the world in pediatric radiology.
  • 1964: Percutaneous arteriographic techniques were introduced.
  • 1970: The Division of Nuclear Medicine was created.
  • 1975: Computed Tomography arrived.
  • 1980s: Digital radiography and transmission of images becomes available over telephone lines.
  • 1990: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging unit arrived.
  • 2003: Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Voice Recognition (VR) application brought online, eliminating the need for film and enabling doctors in and outside of the hospital to view images and reports immediately.
  • 2004: Children's Hospital Boston becomes the first hospital in the New England region to acquire a PET scanner devoted exclusively for use in children.
  • 2005: MRI unit in the operating room allows surgeons to operate under imaging control.
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