| Radiology involves the study of images of internal | | | | beneficial for the imaging of the brain, spine and |
| organs of a living human body. A Radiologist is a | | | | musculosketal system. |
| physician who reads the results of various radiology | | | | Ultrasonography or ultrasound technology is an |
| exams. Before the arrival of diagnostic imaging, it was | | | | effective diagnostic modality that uses high frequency |
| only a patient's death that allowed doctors to study the | | | | sound waves to visualize various organ and organ |
| internal organs of the human body. | | | | systems in the human body. It is an example of |
| Radiology was initially the branch of medical imaging | | | | reflection imaging that produces real time images. |
| that made use of x-rays on large flat sheets of | | | | Ultrasound procedures are commonly used to |
| photographic films for diagnosis. Modern day radiology | | | | examine the abdomen, small parts, veins, arteries and |
| is no longer confined to the practice of x-rays and | | | | the female reproductive system. Because there is no |
| now encompasses other methods of diagnostic | | | | harmful radiation, ultrasound has a critical role in |
| imaging such as Computed Tomography (CT), | | | | obstetrics and fetal imaging. Ultrasound is also often |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Ultrasound. | | | | used during emergencies for rapid diagnosis of medical, |
| Unlike other branches of radiology, MRI and Ultrasound | | | | surgical, obstetrical and gynecological problems. |
| have become a separate method of diagnostic | | | | Radiology Departments provides services to |
| imaging that does not involve the use of ionizing | | | | outpatients, in-patients and emergency patients with |
| radiation. | | | | the help of state-of-art equipment. Ultrasound |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a non-invasive | | | | technologists conduct ultrasound studies to provide the |
| diagnostic technique that combines a large powerful | | | | radiologist and referring physicians with the necessary |
| magnetic field with radio frequencies, to gaze into | | | | information to diagnose and evaluate their patients. |
| human body, without the use of x-rays. It is the type of | | | | MRI and Ultrasound modalities have occupied a vital |
| an emission imagining that produces detailed pictures | | | | position within the world of radiology. Not only do they |
| of organs, soft tissues, bone and other internal body | | | | produce computerized images, but are also involved in |
| structures, without the use of ionizing radiation. A | | | | the diagnosis of patient ailments and has narrowed the |
| detailed MRI allows doctors to better evaluate parts of | | | | bridge between any undetected illness. The demand |
| the body and certain diseases that may not be | | | | for radiologists and diagnostic imaging technologists are |
| assessed adequately with other imaging methods such | | | | significantly increasing. Workforce shortages in the |
| as x-ray or computed tomography. MRI scans | | | | health care industry are attracting a wide range of |
| produce the highest quality of soft tissue contrast of all | | | | individuals to begin their career within the radiology field. |
| other forms of diagnostic imaging and is especially | | | | |