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Medical technology is advancing faster today than it ever has before. Scientists and machine technicians are working hard daily to invent machines that not only work faster and more efficiently, but that are also more accurate. Medical machines do everything from taking x-rays and brain scans to analyzing blood samples. Many machines can provide more than one service, making them extremely useful in hospitals and clinics. There are so many machines today, however, that it is impossible for every physician to learn how to operate every piece of equipment and to know how to interpret the data the machine collects.

These machines help save thousands of lives per year, but they are only helpful if someone can use and read them correctly. An untrained doctor might make a misdiagnosis. Therefore, the invention of this new medical equipment required the creation of a new field of medicine, that of radiology.

Radiology is the study of using medical imaging technology to diagnose and sometimes treat disease. The very first radiologists dealt mainly with x-ray technology, but the field has expanded greatly due to advances in imaging techniques. Today… More >>