Photography, film, and X-ray technology
How can X-ray images be shown in three dimensions?
The key to innovative technology is inspiration. When it comes to adding a third dimension to X-ray images, it is generally methods from the worlds of photography and film that have provided our developers with this inspiration over the last 125 years.
![Getty images, Weltausstellung 851](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/83a9f055058d83d3/d56215ebe6d6/v/5c4ac036ec01/GettyImages-90771494_1920x1080.jpg)
Contemporary lithograph of the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851
Image source: Getty Images
Stereo X-ray imaging
![Röhreneinstellung für stereoskopische Röntgenaufnahmen](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/ba0817ed4e75f6b7/5bc8698656bb/v/5655b6399724/Janker-Robert._R-oentgenaufnahmetechnik_Roehreneinstellung-f-r-stereoskopische-Roentgenaufnahmen.jpg)
Tube positioning for stereoscopic X-ray images
Source: Janker, Robert: Röntgen-Aufnahmetechnik. Teil I. Allgemeine Grundlagen und Einstellungen, 1966, p. 15
![Prismenstereoskop nach Dr. Walter von Reiniger, Gebbert & Schall, Katalog 1905](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/ffb26d7a5abaf399/9b852b1bb4b3/v/dc851dab5dad/Siemens-Healthineers_Prismen--und-Linsenstereoskop.jpg)
Prismenstereoskop nach Dr. Walter von Reiniger, Gebbert & Schall, Katalog 1905
![Illustration des Teleview-Systems, 1922](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/a5c18c45f7f136a6/5ee1e38e532e/v/405dfb0eb590/Teleview_1922.jpg)
![Stereoaufnahmegerät von Siemens-Reiniger-Veifa, 1927](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/19c746eb27dfc848/15ad94cc245c/v/cc0a69491754/Siemens-Healthineers_Stereo-Aufnahmegeraet_1927.jpg)
Stereoaufnahmegerät von Siemens-Reiniger-Veifa, 1927
Lungs and organs of the abdominal cavity, showing the heart and liver. The small orange dot in the patient’s right lung indicates a lung tumor, while the white “bubbles” in the lower abdomen represent the small intestine
Cinematic rendering image based on CT data
2015 I Siemens Healthineers AG/University Hospital Erlangen, Professor Alexander Cavallaro, MD, Erlangen, Germany
![Anatomie-Vorlesung anhand von Darstellungen mit Cinematic Rendering im Deep Space 8K des Ars Electronica Centers in Linz](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/dbc4575f8d69c70f/cde6e3427cf4/v/aba2dc304d4d/Ars-Electronica-Center_Linz.jpg)
Anatomy lecture using cinematic rendering images at Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz
Source: Ars Electronica/Robert Bauernhansl
![Cinematic Rendering und die Microsoft HoloLens 2 Copyright: Deutscher Zukunftspreis/Ansgar Pudenz](https://medmuseum-corp.webassets.siemens-healthineers.com/244a3599ffcb317c/ebbb731d40c9/v/9ab5c03f6d21/Copyright-Deutscher-Zukunftspreis_Ansgar-Pudenz_1920x1080.jpg)
Cinematic Rendering and Microsoft HoloLens 2
Copyright: Deutscher Zukunftspreis/Ansgar Pudenz