Gauging the heart of medical imaging. Probing the past, exploring the present, questioning the future

In fifty years, will the radiologist be obsolete? If we listen closely, we can hear voices from the past whispering that same worry. We expect our fabulous machines to grow obsolete, but professions need not wither and fade if they evolve and innovate. Today, radiology can set foundations, begin to mold the future, and then await the show. For some of the main elements have not yet appeared or are not even being anticipated beyond the bend. As Arthur Clarke said, "the real future is not logically foreseeable." It lies a little past the impossible.