Heinrich Albers-Schönberg

He studied medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Leipzig, where in 1891 he earned his medical doctorate under the guidance of Heinrich Curschmann (1846-1910).

It is described as a syndrome of excessive bone calcification causing a marble-like appearance with increased radiological density of the skeleton.

He is credited with the introduction of radiation protection devices, procedures and equipment for radiation/dose assessment, the "orthoroentgenograph",[2] and the compression diaphragm.

[3] He received a grand prize at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis; his diagnostic X-ray pictures far outclassed the competition in regards to clarity.

In 1903 he published his best known work, a book on radiological techniques called Die Röntgentechnik - Lehrbuch für Ärzte und Studierende (sixth edition, 1941).