Society of X-Ray Technology
The Society of X-Ray Technology was a British professional association for work with X-rays.
History
The Institute of X-Ray Engineers was formed in 1944 in Liverpool,[1] soon after changing its name to the Society of X-Ray Technology.
In the mid-1980s it was one of 51 societies in the new Engineering Council, in group four.
Merger
In 1990 it joined the Institute of Hospital Engineers,[2] which became the Institute of Hospital Engineering and Estate Management, which is now the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management.
Function
It published a journal, The Journal of X-ray Technology, twice a year and arranged lectures.[3]
Structure
Those belonging to the organisation were physicists, radiographers, engineers and technicians.
See also
- Academy for Healthcare Science (United Kingdom)
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists
- Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
- Society of Critical Care Technologies (SCCT)
References
Categories:
- 1944 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1990 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Defunct professional associations based in the United Kingdom
- Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom
- Medical associations based in the United Kingdom
- Organizations disestablished in 1990
- Physics societies
- Radiology organizations
- Scientific organizations established in 1944
- X-rays