![Profile view of cervical spine](https://veritas.widen.net/content/7xrggreg9h/jpeg/x-ray-image-neck-skull.jpeg?use=idsla&color=&retina=false&u=at8tiu&w=974&h=548&crop=yes&k=c)
X-rays create two-dimensional black-and-white images of the structure(s) that they’ve traversed. The images reveal specific bone- and soft tissue—related conditions, such as abnormal spinal curvatures or specific spinal segment issues, on a photographic film placed on the opposite side of the body.
![Anterior view of scoliosis on x-ray](https://veritas.widen.net/content/guswe1tri7/jpeg/xray-scoliosis.jpeg?use=idsla&color=&retina=false&u=at8tiu&w=974&h=548&crop=yes&k=c)
X-rays create two-dimensional black-and-white images of the structure(s) that they’ve traversed. The images reveal specific bone- and soft tissue—related conditions, such as abnormal spinal curvatures or specific spinal segment issues, on a photographic film placed on the opposite side of the body.
![Anterior view of scoliosis on x-ray](https://veritas.widen.net/content/bdzp8oozzz/jpeg/x-ray-image-torso.jpeg?use=idsla&color=&retina=false&u=at8tiu&w=974&h=548&crop=yes&k=c)
X-rays create two-dimensional black-and-white images of the structure(s) that they’ve traversed. The images reveal specific bone- and soft tissue-related conditions, such as abnormal spinal curvatures or specific spinal segment issues, on a photographic film placed on the opposite side of the body.