Radiology is the medical
discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the
bodies of humans
science dealing with
X-rays and other high-energy radiation, especially the use of such radiation
for the diagnosis and treatment of disease
these may be performed with imaging guidance using x-rays,
fluoroscopy, CT (computed tomography or CAT), Ultrasound or MRI. The radiology
subspecialty devoted to the imaging, diagnosis and treatment of patients using
trace doses of radioactive material.
Medical radiography includes a range of modalities producing many different types of image, each of which has a different clinical application
Projectional radiography
Computed tomography
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Fluoroscopy
Contrast radiography
Other medical imaging
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