| The tools and programs used by sonographers are | | | | tissues as possible. |
| somewhat complex, and they can be very dangerous | | | | 6. Radio-Isotope Scan or Nuclear Scintigraphy: These |
| in the wrong hands because of the radiation that may | | | | radioactive compounds enter into specific tissues to |
| be involved. This is why specialized training and | | | | help produce scan results for diagnoses. |
| certification is required before you can become a | | | | 7. Interventional Radiology: When medical professionals |
| radiographer, sonographer or ultrasound technician. | | | | need to perform minimally invasive surgeries like |
| Students begin using these tools and programs while | | | | angioplasty under radiological imaging, they use this |
| they are getting their education, and by the time they | | | | method. |
| become certified and begin working in the field they | | | | 8. Echocardiography Machine: This tool helps to |
| should be more than prepared to handle them | | | | perform heart sonography when medical professionals |
| correctly with patients present. | | | | need to understand the function of the patient's heart. |
| Following are some of the most important tools and | | | | 9. Linear Accelerator: These are used for radiotherapy |
| programs used by sonographers, radiographers or | | | | of cancer patients by oncologists. |
| ultrasound technicians: | | | | 10. Positron Emission Tomography machine (aka PET |
| 1. X-Ray Machine: This machine produces images of | | | | scan): This is used in nuclear medicine to produce |
| structures within the body of a patient to diagnose | | | | three-dimensional color images of body functional |
| illness and create treatment plans. | | | | processes. |
| 2. Contrast Media for X-rays: When medical | | | | 11. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine |
| professionals need to produce high contrast images of | | | | (aka FMRI): This machine is used for a specialized MRI. |
| the details of viscera, they use these mediums. | | | | 12. Brachytherapy Apparatus: This apparatus |
| 3. Ultrasonography Machine: This machine also | | | | dispenses medication from an implanted device, |
| produces images of the inside of the body. | | | | especially during cancer treatment. |
| 4. Computer Axial Tomography Scan (also known as | | | | 13. SPECT Scan: Single photon emission computed |
| a CT scan or CAT scan): This is another machine that | | | | tomography is an imaging technique that shows how |
| creates visual images from inside the body, but unlike | | | | blood flows to tissues and organs. |
| other machines it shows them in horizontal slices. | | | | The tools and programs used by sonographers must |
| 5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine (also known | | | | be used properly to safely get the correct results - this |
| as MRI): These are stronger machines that are used | | | | is why such specialized training is required for this |
| when medical professionals need to excite protons to | | | | career. |
| record results with the clearest images of particular | | | | |