The early history of neuroradiology is linked to three pioneers who worked
during the first half of the 20th century. Two were neuropsychiatrists and
one was a neurosurgeon. Arthur Schuller, a Viennese neuropsychiatrist, was
the first to study systematically the X-ray skull changes caused by intracr
anial disease. He is generally regarded as the 'father of neuroradiology'.
Walter Dandy, the great neurosurgeon of Johns Hopkins, introduced ventricul
ography and pneumoencephalography. Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neuropsychiatri
st, developed cerebral angiography, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medi
cine for originating prefrontal lobotomy. The work of these three pioneers
laid the basis through which modern neuroradiology became a separate discip
line.