Advantages And Disadvantages Of Digital Technology

Radiologic technology is a satisfying and rewarding career. It is a technical and refined science. As a radiological technologist, there are many essential duties and responsibilities that have to be fulfilled in order to be a good one. First of all, radiological technologists have to maintain a well-mannered and professional behavior when gathering information. They have to assure their patients that they are in good hands therefore; they give patients the uppermost quality of care and services. Second of all, the main responsibility of a healthcare provider is to keep all knowledge of a patient’s health record confidential or secluded. That means radiological technologists cannot talk about patients at home or with friends and classmates

A gigantic change overnight happened in Australia that made the field extend as a rival in the field of radiography (AIR 2014, 1). In July 2012, another national arrangement of enrollment and accreditation started took off. This implied interestingly that as opposed to enlisting at the state level or at an organization in a domain, or not enrolling by any means, persons wishing to work in these three zones in Australia expected to enroll with the national body (AIR 2014, 1).

The second system within PFCH is the OsiriX (OsiriX, 2010) imaging software. OsiriX is the primary application employed for the Modality Viewing Stations in the Radiology department for PFCH. OsiriX is application, which processes the imagery and is ultimately designed to capture, manage, maintain, view and print the imagery. OsiriX as well transmits Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine or DICOM images produced by various other medical imagery equipment. This equipment includes Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography, and the other various medical imagery technologies. Ultimately DICOM has a unique file format definition and leverages a network communications protocol that uses TCP/IP

Follows efficient, logical sequence; balances screening/diagnostic steps for problem; informs patient; sensitive to patient’s comfort, modesty.

One of another main reason for all the irregularities during the procedure occur mainly due to the confusion of communication between the radiographer and the surgeon because of a formal language is not being used in order to operate the fluoroscopy (Suhm et al., 2003 ).This creates a confusion and loss of crucial time which eventually leads to numerous position adjustments, while doing so the radiographer had to expose the patient several times before the desired position can be obtained which can prove to be serious threat depending upon the nature of patient as exposure to radiation differs depending upon the nature and status of a patient.

These images call for up to 90% less radiation than with standard film type x-rays. Instead of making use of the traditional silver-oxide x-ray film that must be formulated and then fixed in caustic and ecologically harmful solutions, the new system calls for pictures by way of a small digital sensing unit and it then immediately sends a Image of the tooth on to the video monitor in the treatment room. Therefore, we can easily see your teeth and surrounding components Instantly. Not only does the new digital x-ray do away with the typical wait for x-ray film to be prepared, but it also is highly sensitive, so that patients are exposed to even less radiation than with conventional x-rays.

c. To set guidelines to be followed for checking radiology systems performance and maintaining optimum image quality and equipment safety for the technologist who operate these systems and the patients as well.

There are not any gasps in the knowledge base and the author seems to be well informed about communication in radiography, from first view the content of abstract is well organised with clear rationale aims to perform a qualitative study (Bassett,2004).

If you have thought about becoming a Radiologic Technologist, someone who performs imaging examinations, but do not know if it is the right choice for you. This paper will inform the reader as to how to become a Radiologic Technologist, their job description, ranging from the work settings to the kind of patients they deal with, some of the challenges and rewards, including their salary as well. At the end of this paper you should be able to make up your mind on becoming one or not.

It embodies those qualities that geared me to become a physician. Ought most importantly, Radiology is intellectually challenging. The radiologist must coalesce his complete clinical knowledge across the different organ systems of human body, combined with all available patient history and findings to transmute pictures into a reasonable meaningful diagnosis. Secondly, I believe the radiologist must possess highest communication skills and team work. The radiologist has become a fulcrum point to the modern team based medicine, working closely with the internists, surgeons and other specialists to precisely diagnose and treat patients. The radiologist is also about trust. As the modern technologies have provided the specialists with an unparalleled power to image the human body, at the same time it has become increasingly complex and difficult for most of the experienced clinicians to interpret the finding in a useful manner from what is otherwise just an unfathomable collection of pictures. Radiologists are trusted to use the potentially lethal radiation to precisely localize areas of anatomical anomaly and abnormalities, and provide differential diagnosis. Finally, in radiology the boundaries of modern medicine ate protracted with the applications of modern technologies in diagnostic modalities and progressively in therapeutic ones. It is truly exciting to witness and be a part of this modern medicine

“The ASRT Office of Practice Standards was established in 2004” to set out a guideline for continuing education. Continuing education means to keep up to date on all the new health codes, practices, equipment, and standards for taking care of patients. This in addition, is important for those who are looking into radiography or any other medical field because it teaches them how to correctly and safely treat a patient and execute what his or her job encompasses. With all the new technology coming out these days, I know I would want to know all about it so I can effectively perform my duty to the highest

If you have thought about becoming a Radiologic Technologist, someone who performs imaging examinations, but do not know if it is the right choice for you. This paper will inform the reader as to how to become a Radiologic Technologist, their job description, ranging from the work settings to the kind of patients they deal with, some of the challenges and rewards, including their salary as well. At the end of this paper you should be able to make up your mind on becoming one or not.

The scope of practice for RTs includes the following specialties: (i) bone mineral density technologists, who specialize in obtaining x-ray images that depict bone mineral density; (ii) cardiovascular-intervention technologists, who assist physicians with guiding catheters into vessels such as the inferior vena cava so that patients may avoid open surgery; (iii) computed tomography technicians, who utilize rotating x-rays to build an image of internal organs; (iv) magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) technologists, who specialize in utilizing MRI machines to produce a strong magnetic field and radiofrequency pulse thus moving atoms out of alignment to produce an image; (v) mammography technicians, who utilize specialized x-ray machines to produce

For this project, I chose to create a technique chart for the U-Arm room at McHenry County Orthopedics. This room is equipped with a Sedecal X Plus LP direct digital radiographic unit. In order to create a technique chart for this equipment, myself, Amber, and Garrett began by gathering kVp, mAs, the exposure indices, patient thickness, SID, grid ratio, focal spot size, and whether or not automatic exposure control (AEC) was utilized for all exams. In a perfect world, I would be able to use a caliper to measure the body part of each patient in order to determine patient thickness, but instead I improvised with patient’s body habitus (asthenic, hyposthenic, stenic, or hypersthenic). There is no technique posted in the room to be able to go

Modern medicine has undergone major advancements over the past years. One of these developments include the capacity to retrieve crucial information about the human body and its health beyond the use of manual diagnostic techniques. This is referred to as Medical or Diagnostic Imaging.