HOW DO X-RAYS WORK?

As I was basing a large part of this project on the aesthetic of x-ray scans, I thought it would be necessary to look into a simple explanation of how x-ray scans actually work.

So to put it briefly, x-ray scans work as soft materials do not absorb the x-ray radiation, whereas dense materials do. The absorption of the x-ray causes a negative image to be projected onto a photographic plate or the absorption is measured and then used to produce a digital image.

For example with bodily x-rays ‘The beam travels through the air, comes into contact with our body tissues, and produces an image on a metal film. Soft tissue, such as skin and organs, cannot absorb the high-energy rays, and the beam passes through them. Dense materials inside our bodies, like bones, absorb the radiation.‘