In conclusion, through our research and our interviews with academics, it is now extremely clear to us that the creation and evolution of Medical Imaging has been critical to modern medicine and medical research. Without medical imaging, nothing would be known about the human body or issues surrounding it without evasive surgery. It is the basis of modern medicine, diagnosis of certain things would be near impossible without Medical Imaging technologies like X-Ray, Computer Tomography and MRI scans, unless dangerous surgery would be conducted. Medical and scientific research would be extremely limited without being able to see the incredibly small ‘building blocks’ that make up everything. Machines like the Synchrotron allow this to happen and gained humans knowledge that is priceless. With Medical Imaging, diseases can be easier to cure than ever before. The development of Medical Imaging looks like it can only improve in the future. With so advanced technology like Free-electron Lasers and the synchrotron, you could not say that there is no chance any disease cannot be cured. Medical Imaging has and will save millions of lives, possibly billions.
We would like to thank La Trobe University for allowing us for allowing this program to be conducted in their university and we would also like to thank Dr Peter Kappen, Materials and Surface Science, for giving up his time to allow us to interview him on the Synchrotron. We would also like to thank Dr Jacqueline Orian, Department of Biochemistry for allowing us to interview her on Medical Imaging related to the brain. And thanks to Prof. Nick Hoogenraad, Head of School of Molecular Sciences.
