Radiology

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists is the official website of the organization that specializes in radiation therapy and the education of radiology. The website provides a large variety of options that can be useful for students continuing their education or anyone looking for job opportunities related to the field of radiology. The website includes a mission statement, their core values and commitment statements. It's a reliable source because it's constantly updated with new…

importance discussed as they tie into the workflow of the radiology department. HIS Patient Registration and Order Entry The workflow begins when the patient is visiting their doctor or admitted to the hospital. The patient will fill out paperwork that explains the patient 's current issues as well as updated medical history…

with how little writing is in this field. The writing may not be much, but the importance of the writing needed is what makes it critical. The most interpretive component of the service provided by a radiographer is the written radiology report. The ‘written radiology report’ constitutes the communication of the results of a radiologic study or procedure. My interviewee expressed “My job only requires a minimal amount of writing, however, I do it every day.”…

there are still questions, I have to ask to the individuals of radiology. What are the challenges that radiologic face? Is the workplace a high stressful place? What is the average salary of a diagnostic radiologist? What are the steps that are need to take in order to become a diagnostic radiologist? Methods I began my research by first asking Google questions that I always have for radiologists. For example, is the field of radiology a great field to work in? Does the job ever get boring?…

ways that X-ray, CT, and MRI alone cannot, providing the most accurate way to study and diagnose specific abnormalities within the body’s elements, making nuclear medicine one of the most valuable modality radiology has to offer. Nuclear medicine brings a unique aspect to the field of radiology. Radiologists use X-ray, MRI, and CT to detect the anatomical aspect of diagnosing conditions,…

medical school, a physician must complete four years of a radiology residency, which is a combination of specialty medical education and paid on-the-job training, to become a radiologist. Residents complete clinical rotations in different subspecialties of radiology, attend lectures and conduct research. Some radiologists then go on to complete additional training so that they may further specialize. For example, interventional radiology, which requires doctors to use catheters, wires and other…

a significant number of images from the same dataset when he interpreted them a second time. The Board of Roentgenology advised that such findings be subjected to a thorough investigation. This, accordingly, led to the investigation of error in radiology and the causes that influence radiological…

diagnosing or monitoring patient 's injury or illness. Being a radiographer is a good career choice for me because it has a good salary and benefits, there are different types of radiography, work with different machines, cons for radiographers, and radiology plays a vital role in healthcare. The "starting salary for radiographers is 36,000 to 40,000 a year in North Carolina" as stated by Kristen Miller, Wilkes Community College instructor.…

Role of a Radiographer What is the role of Radiographer? Most of the people do not even know what Radiographers do. Like me, when I first heard the word radiographer, I was thinking of someone who works in the radio but that is so far from the truth. A radiographer is an important part of medicine, in a patient’s diagnosis and treatment. The role of a radiographer uses x-ray to create images of body parts and organs for diagnostic purposes. The diagnosis from a radiographer’s image can affect,…

neighboring town that Swedish American Health System in Rockford Illinois owns. At SwedishAmerican Medical Center/Belvidere, we currently have one Philips x-ray room and one AMX portable x-ray machine. The medical center only has one computed radiology (CR) laser reader. The x-ray room and portable x-ray both utilize this (CR) laser reader. If the laser reader happens to break down, we have no way of developing our images. In addition, there are times that more than one technologist is…