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Pacific Radiology - Otago and Southland
Private Service, Radiology, Pregnancy Ultrasound
X-ray
An X-ray is a high frequency, high energy wave form. It cannot be seen with the naked eye, but can be picked up on photographic film. Although you may think of an X-ray as a picture of bones, a trained observer can also see air spaces, like the lungs (which look black) and fluid (which looks white, but not as white as bones).
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