Facts You Should Know About Radiology

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Facts You Should Know About Radiology
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Whats Radiology?

• Radiology is a science of high energy radiation
  it includes the study of all the sources of
  radiation and the biological, chemical as well as
  physical effects of those radiations.
• The term radiology refers generally to the
  diagnosis as well as treatment of diseases.

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Is A Radiologist A Doctor?

• Radiologists are a doctor or MD, in fact, and
  they could be even doctors of osteopathic
  medicine or DOs.
• The DOs at the centre of radiologist Las Vegas
  NV are specialists doctors who engage in
  diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and
  injuries with the use of wide range of imaging
  techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging,
  also known as MRI, nuclear medicine, CT scan
  which stands for computed tomography, PET or
  positron emission tomography, x ray Las Vegas,
  and ultrasound.

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• For a person to become a radiologist, theyd need
  to graduate from one accredited medical school,
  pass the licensing exams, and then complete their
  residency program for at least four years.
• Radiologists have to go through fellowship
  program too, one to two additional years for
  their specialized training in specific
  sub-specialties of radiology, such as nuclear
  medicine, breast imaging, and cardiovascular
  radiology.
• For instance, to become qualifies to perform
  open sided MRI Las Vegas, one would need to
  sub-specialize in MRI imaging.

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What Role Do Radiologists Plat In Health Care?

• Radiologists generally act as specialists or
  expert consultants who are referred to by
  physicians, or other types of doctor, when you go
  to them with certain condition or disease of
  yours.

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• The doctor may ask you to get a particular test
  done by a radiologist or may refer you to a
  radiologist whod then help you choose a
  screening test or the right examination and then
  interpret the result for you.
• These test results would be the basis for your
  diagnosis and youd be treated accordingly.
• A radiologist may recommend some additional scan
  such as open sided MRI Las Vegas, or additional
  treatment, whenever necessary.
• Their job also includes directing the radiology
  technologist (the person who is engaged in
  operation the radiology equipment) with
  performing the scan or examination.

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What Are The Most Common Radiological Procedures?

• The most popularly used ad common radiological
  procedures include CT scan, Mammogram, x ray Las
  Vegas, ultrasound, and MRI.

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• X-ray involves a kind of electromagnetic
  radiation that is passed through your body in a
  manner that it generates a 2D image of the
  specific region of your body that is being
  scanned.
• X-ray is a highly used technology that is used to
  detect problems and damage of bone of muscle
  including muscle injures and broken bones. A
  common for of this x-ray technology is mammogram.
• CT scan, which is short for computed tomography,
  is a more advanced form of x ray, which is made
  sophisticated with the addition of computer
  technology so as to generate several 2D images
  that helps create a 3D image of the specific
  region of the body being scanned.
• CT scans are often used to detect and diagnose
  aneurysm, cancer, and heart diseases.

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