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I greatly appreciate the collaboration of the authors and hope that there will be
many interesting discussions.
Full cooperation of all will be required to keep the time schedule indicated.
Due to some unfortunate circumstances beyond our control the exhibit of
the commission V is much smaller than was expected but it is hoped that from
what is showed some of the possibilities of non-topographic photogrammetry
may be clear.
The report of commision V is written in English. The original reports from
the different countries are however reproduced in some hundreds of copies and
are available for those who want to study them in detail in the original language.
Copies may be obtained from Dr. Fagerholm, Secretary of the commission.
And now without further delay I would like to present our first speaker.
ROENTGEN-PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN GERMANY
by
Professor Kóhnle.
In Germany, stereo-roentgenograms were produced immediately after the
discovery of the x-rays, and theoretical principles and their practical applica-
tion were established within two decades, the work of Pulfrich, Lambertz, Drü-
ner, Trendelenburg, Hasselwander and Max Cohn deserving special mention.
From the beginning German scientific workers emphasized the importance
of roentgen-photogrammetry which was developed in close connection with a
special commission of the German Society of Photogrammetry.
Thus, in addition to the subjective clinical interpretation, a more scientific
roentgen-photogrammetry for research purposes was evolved.
Employing the measurable stereo-roentgenogram Hasselwander demon-
strated an anatomy of the living body, the x-ray being his instrument as the
scalpel is that of the dissector. Methodically, Hasselwander worked in several
fields but always following his central idea which, as the author — his pupil —
felt, was not to view the different organs separately but to look at them in their
connection with the whole organism.
The measurable roentgenogram of the whole body opens up new fields of
research: the proportions of the human body become measurable under a new
aspect, the inner secretion, its influence and effects can be stated graphically,
statics and mechanics and the form as the visible expression of the function are
made intelligible. This is the main principle underlying the development of
roentgen-photogrammetry in Germany.
The application of the stereo-roentgenogram for practical purposes was
made difficult not only by the high cost of equipment and material. There was
also hardly any good and not too expensive auto-stereoscopic equipment on the
market. Since screening has come to be generally employed, roentgen-stereo-
grams may be produced that way.
Decisive factors are sharpness of the apparatus recording the stereoscopic
pairs automatically — (new construction of Koch und Sterzel, Diisseldorf) —
and a viewing device permitting roentgen-photogrammetry if so desired. Good
results can be obtained by using the *Stereopantometer" (Zeiss).