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, 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, 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.

Structure

Those belonging to the organisation were physicists, radiographers, engineers and technicians.

The vast majority of members were Engineers and Technicians engaged in the installation and service of X-ray equipment. Most of these members were working for the major suppliers of X-ray equipment. Some Engineers, Technicians, Physicists and Radiographers worked in the NHS or private hospitals.

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)