Radiology

As a child, I was clueless as to what I wanted to be when I got older. I am the first person in my family to attend college, so I was never around anyone who had any type of education for their occupation. It was not until high school I decided I wanted to pursue the medical field since I have always had a strong notion to help those that are in need. Soon after a coworker of mine suggested the radiologic technology program at Roane State Community College. I began doing research on radiography…

For my Career Interview Essay, I interview a family friend Cody Walton. Cody is an x-ray technician at the Salmon Steel Memorial Hospital. Cody has been an x-ray technician for 8 ½ years. When he was first interested in becoming an x-ray technician they were really high in demand. He says that to this career choice is still in demand and it isn’t going anywhere. He thinks that in the future this career will stay in high demand because it isn’t very many people are familiar with in and because…

In 1997 Adrian Raine conducted a study that focused on brain abnormalities in murderers that were shown by the use of positron emission tomography (PET). “The aim of his experiment was to see if murderers who pleaded not guilty by the reason of insanity (NGRI) showed signs of brain abnormalities with PET scans. Raine used 41 participants, 39 of which were male and 2 of which were females. The prisoner’s reasons for insanity varied. Six said they were schizophrenic, 23 said it was due to a head…

MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dictionary.com defines it as a noninvasive diagnostic procedure employing an MR scanner to obtain detailed sectional images of the internal structure of the body. From my own prior knowledge, Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a technique that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues within the human body. The idea for Magnetic Resonance Imaging was initially conceived by Damadian in 1971 after he recognized…

An MRI scanner or a magnetic resonance imaging is a common apparatus used within hospitals which uses a scanning technique to show detailed images of the inside of a human body. There are two ways which an MRI scanner takes images of the human body. The two ways are the use of a strong magnetic field and the use of radio waves. There are two ways which MRI scanners work and the first is by hydrogen atoms. How this links within the human body is by the main link of hydrogen protons which are…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive imaging tool that can provide increased contrast between soft tissues to visualize structure and function thereof for diagnostic purposes. MRI has high spatial and temporal resolution and is safer than other imaging modalities because it does not require ionizing radiation. Rather, MRI is based on the behavior, interaction, and alignment of water protons that are found in soft tissue when an external magnetic field is applied. The magnetic field…

I is a great tool for medical imaging and widely used for MS, but it has some limitations in lacking specificity and MRI not capturing diffuse white matter pathology 1. New emerging techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) for monitoring visual impairment by MS have the potential to address issues not resolved by current MRI techniques. TMS is a new method not widely used yet, but suitable to detect the conditions affecting MS patients.…

1. Meningioma: (p. 116) a tumor, usually benign, arising from the meningeal (arachnoid, dura matter, pia matter) tissue of the brain. Carcinoma: (p. 116) a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of the internal organs. Phenomenology: (p. 118) the science of phenomena. This is an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience. 2. Chapter 8 describes the case of Mrs. S who suffered a stroke in her right cerebra…

Exposure charts are very important in the radiology field. They provide consistency in the quality of image production (Carlton, Richard R., Arlene McKenna. Adler, and Eugene D. Frank, 2006). Each site has preprogrammed control consoles for each exposure. However, although these are preset, these are just a suggested starting point. The data is collected through different patients acquiring the same exam. For example, I collected data on every foot exam. So for every foot exam, I grabbed…

1.2 The Radiology Department. The Radiology Department is one of the biggest departments in E.W.M.S.C. and is commonly called the imaging or diagnostic department. It houses a variety of professionals and is the backbone in the operation of the Hospital. Most patients are referred to this department have some sort of procedure or investigation done and only when the results are known then a proper diagnosis can be done. Radiology main form of imaging is the use of Radiation which if not…