World Radiography Day is celebrated every year on November 8. It was on this day in 1895 that German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen completed the discovery of X-radiation, X-rays. In 1901, he became the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement.

World Radiology Day aims to raise awareness about the way radiology contributes to patient care and understand the role that radiologists and radiological technologists play in healthcare. X-rays, MRI scans, etc.

The theme for the International Day of Radiology this year is ‘Interventional Radiology – Active care for the patient’. The theme aims at inviting “everyone to celebrate the essential role that interventional radiology plays in treating patients.”

The history of radiology started with Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. Wilhelm was able to take the first x-ray, which was of his wife, and won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1901 due to his new discovery and became the father of radiology.