Radiography

I first became acquainted with the occupation of radiologic technology in high school when I had the opportunity to participate in job shadowing. I immediately chose radiologic technology as one of my first choices. I chose it because, like so many other students in my class, I had never experienced getting an x-ray or any other type of radiation modality growing up. I became interested in the science and anatomy aspect of radiation sciences and also was amazed at how a machine could produce…

CT scanners and X-ray machines are extremely similar in relation to the absorption and display of x-rays as they are both able to display bone. However, an x-ray is usually done when dealing with bones rather than a CT scan as x-rays can detect denser materials better. When the x-ray is being done a black photographic film is placed behind the part of the body that is being scanned and when the x-ray beams hit this part of the body, the bones block the x-ray beams meaning the blocked image is…

Imaging technologies is used to detect any cancerous tumors, broken bones, and other serious injuries in a human body. It is important to understand how does the five imaging technologies work. The first imaging technology is called MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), this technology is proven to evaluate your bones, breasts, blood vessel, brain tumor, and organs in the abdomen, chest, and pelvis. MRI uses radio waves to detect your tissues and other organs inside the body. Since MRI is a powerful…

and azo wipes etc. There are also aseptic hand-washing techniques used by the radiographer multiple times throughout an examination to again reduce the chance of contamination. There are many items that require disinfection, for example, “…the radiography table top as well as calipers, cassette surfaces and immobilisation aids” (Campeau, Fleitz 2009,…

Technology In Medicine Introduction As computers have become the back bone of our society, it is only natural that they would affect and influence medicine. Technology has basically found its way into every single human industry so it only makes sense that it could venture into and explode the medical field with extreme advances. Computers help doctors make medical research discoveries, help the world understand disease, test different medical techniques or samples and more; they…

What is your experience with and opinion about Interventional radiology? Carefully looking within all of Chapter 1, can you tell us where the cat is? According to the British Society of Interventional Radiology (n.d.), Interventional Radiology is a novel field of medicine that combines the expertise of a radiologist together with the knowledge of therapeutic intervention using advanced techniques using a range of imaging guidance modalities such as X-ray fluoroscopy, ultrasound, computed…

A person’s third molars, or wisdom teeth, has always been a caused of debate and endless talks especially when to get it removed. When to remove wisdom teeth has been fought for a long period of time. There are some experts who would not resort to getting them out if they do not cause any problems at all, but there are also some who would rather opt to remove it at the soonest possible time to prevent future problems. But when should wisdom teeth be removed? We will have to answer that one…

From the second grade I thought I wanted to be a Veterinarian when I grew up. Of course no one would expect a second grader to know such details, but as I went through high school my mind never strayed away from my future goal. Senior year I got the opportunity to intern at Big Goose Veterinary Clinic where I fell in love with the practice even more. I scrubbed in on surgerys, interacted with clients, and cuddled up on animals all day. It was not until I started noticing how exhausted the…

On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. X-rays have evolved drastically over the past 120 years and there have been many new discoveries that are used to this day in diagnostic medicine. Some of the different modalities in medical imaging have also been very helpful when studying art and archeology. Both x-rays and CT’s are used to look at art to confirm its authenticity, archeology for the study of mummies, and also archeology to exam the charred scrolls at Herculaneum and…

X-rays are a very powerful and valuable technique that can provide important and lifesaving information. Fluoroscope, is an x-ray device that allows physicians to view live images inside the human body that are projected onto a viewing monitor during a diagnostic and intraoperative procedures. This machine uses X-rays to give real-time video images on the area of interest making it possible to see internal organs in motion such as blood flow and catheter insertion. A Fluoroscopy captures these…