Doctors known as radiologists specialize in the healing of people with the aid of radiation. They have great expertise in their chose field and know exactly how mush radiation can ham or hurt a patient. I order to be a radiologist, students must finish from a good medical school, finish four years of osteopathic education and pass the licensure exam.
There are many items and gadgets that radiologists use to do their work. One of them is the MRI or magnetic resonance imaging., The others include sound waves, x-rays, ultrasound and many others that help the radiologist look at images within the human body.
A broken ankle, for example, can be seen through a film produced by an x-ray machine. Radiologists are the ones who diagnose fetuses inside a womb and perform breast imaging for women. They are also involved in the diagnosis of diseases using gamma rays, x-rays and other radiations.
There are different areas of the technology of imaging that radiologists can operate and be knowledgeable of. They can perform imaging or diagnosis on cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal and other systems of the body.
Keep in mind that before you consult just anybody with your concerns on radiology, it would be best to talk to a licensed and well-trained practitioner of the science. Unlicensed radiologists may make serious miscalculations that can endanger your life so it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Now, radiologists can make precise and skilled interpretations through the machines that aid in their calculations. It is so much better compared to the situation in the past where radiologists had to rely on their own calculations to help their patients.
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8 Responses to “What Radiologists Do”
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I’m a UK medical doctor working in Acute medicine (general) and musculoskeletal medicine. I thought all that radiologists did was sit around and drink tea in the CT scanning room whilst they read the newspaper.
Thats such a common misconception. Like you don't take breaks to flirt with the nurses on the floor…come on. Oh and in the US we drink coffee…
thanks for sharing those info,,
You forgot to highlight the other big thing radiologists do… and that is make a lot of money! haha. I work in medical staffing and we see these professionals getting paid so much it's unbelievable. Sometimes it makes me wish I went to med school instead
To become a radiation oncologist you need to go to medical school. To do that, you need to take all the premedical prerequisites, which includes bio. So you *have* to take biology. If you have time in your schedule and are interested, then certainly go ahead and take nuclear med, but it's not mandatory. You don't pick a specialty until the last year of medical school, so you will have another 3 years after undergrad to explore your interest in Radiation oncology.
But first educate yourself! Find all the answers before you meet the MD. When you hear his answers, you can tell a lot about whether you will jive with that doc. If he's honest and personable, you may get along well with him. If he beats around the bush and never looks you in the eye or shows compassion and patience, you may want to find a new doc. Of course, if you don't feel you can handle the truth and he is not straightforward, then you may get along quite well!
Radiation Oncology refers to the treatment of cancer – and occasionally other diseases – with X-rays and other sources of radiation. As it passes through the diseased tissue, radiation can destroy or slow the development of abnormal cells.
I think pretty much any amount of radiation can do damage. I think its a radiologists job to just do the least amount of damage possible.