Surgical X-ray Machine

An X-ray machine provides a controlled beam of radiation that is used in the formation of an image of the interior of the body. This beam is directed at the area to be tested. After the beam as passed through the body, it falls on a piece of film or a special plate on which it forms a kind of shadow. Different body tissues block or absorb the radiation in different ways. Dense tissues, such as bones, blocks most of the radiation and appear in form of white on the film.