RADIOLOGY

Radiology

Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies. The acquisition of medical imaging is usually carried out by the radiographer or radiologic technologist. The radiologist then interprets or "reads" the images and produces a report of their findings ...

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radiology

Noun

  1. The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment.
  2. The use of radiation (including ionizing radiation, especially X-rays) in diagnosis, usually through the formation of images.
  3. Radioscopy.


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