What does radiology deal with

Does radiology deal with a lot of chemistry?

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“Radiology” and “radiation therapy” are two different things. A radiation therapist is a medical tech (possibly a nurse) who executes orders given by a radiation oncologist (physician). A radiologist, *IS* a physician wh…

What is a good job to deal with radiology?

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you probably will not be able to get any job in a hospital until you are finished with school

When dealing with radiology, how can one determine what isotopes …?

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Nuclear medicine is not radiology. While many radiologists practice nuclear medicine, many non- radiologists do as well. The images look entirely different in nuclear medicine and they do not look like x-rays.

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what does heterogeneous perfusion mean when it is dealing with radiology reports for the heart?

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A: Causes and Effects of Heterogeneous Perfusion in Tumors Abstract:A characteristic of solid tumors is their heterogeneous distribution of blood flow, with significant hypoxia and acidity in low-flow regions. We review effects of heterogeneous tumor perfusion are reviewed and propose a conceptual model for its cause. Hypoxic-acidic regions are resistant to chemo- and radiotherapy and may stimulate progression to a more metastatic phenotype. In normal tissues, hypoxia and acidity induce angiogenesis, which is expected to improve perfusion. However, aggressive tumors can have high local microvessel density simultaneously with significant regions of hypoxia and acidosis. A possible explanation for this apparent contradiction is that the mechanisms regulating growth and adaptation of vascular networks are impaired. According to a recent theory for structural adaptation of vascular networks, four interrelated adaptive responses can work as a self-regulating system to produce a mature and efficient blood distribution system in normal tissues. It is proposed that heterogeneous perfusion in tumors may result from perturbation of this system. Angiogenesis may increase perfusion heterogeneity in tumors by increasing the disparity between parallel low- and high-resistance flow pathways. This conceptual model provides a basis for future rational therapies. For example, it indicates that selective destruction of tumor vasculature may increase perfusion efficiency and improve therapeutic efficacy. Keywords: angiogenesis; perfusion; acid-base balance; hypoxia; VEEF; HIF-1 Document Type: Review article Affiliations: 1: Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2: Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Medical job help. Dont have a degree. What is a good job to deal with radiology?

Q: Medical job help. Dont have a degree. What is a good job to deal with radiology?i am a med student going into the radiology program. I am trying to get my foot in the door but i do not have a certificate yet( doing the GXMO certificate to because a x-ray tech) i need help trying to get a job in the mean time in the hospital? I live in columbus ohio what is a good part time job that has to closely relate to radiology?

A: you probably will not be able to get any job in a hospital until you are finished with school

what does radiology technicians do?

Q: im trying to found out if rad tech is for me. ive read before someone here mentioned of assisting radiologist as part of rad tech duty. It includes assisting in injection of dyes to the bone and stuff like that. Now does that mean rad tech might have to do the ‘injecting’ part or just setting up equipments and stuff? i handle needles sometimes at work but i prefer to stay away from them.Do they have to deal with demanding patients or bosses?coz i deal with them evrytime i work and its stressful. This is also the reason why i want to change career/job.also,how often rad techs lift? im 4″11, 100 lbs and can only lift 1/2 of my weight (still might need help even then) and i know its part of their job sometimes to lift patients when doing xrays.Also, im earning $22 per hour. ive heard that the starting earning for this is $17 per hour. no offense to those rad techs but would this be a ‘step down’ if i go for it? have they increase the starting salary recently?

A: First of all, it’s not technician, it’s technologist. Technician is demeaning and we don’t learn this on the job. We learn this through formal education so we can think independently and solve situations when routine procedures cannot be performed adequetely. Secondly, you earn $22 per hour right but what state? How many years of experience do you have for whatever you do? The starting average salary of a radiological technologist is around $20 and big deal 2 dollars more than you. It depends on the state you live in and the cost of living, Top pay is around $30-$35 dollars an hour, so someone with a base salary in the states can earn from 40k-60k not including overtime and on calls. If you still don’t like those numbers, there are many opportunities than just being an x ray tech. You can be cross trained in MRI, CT, DEXA and Mammo and earn a lot more than you are right now and become more marketable as well. Lets just say considering I am just a recent grad but with experience fortunately and luckily with CT and DEXA, I get paid very well starting wise. Thirdly, do you mind looking at blood or feces by the way? As an x ray tech, you don’t normally deal with injections anymore since IVUs are not done as much because CT or Ultrasound do them now for the kidneys. Do you still need to know how to handle, dispose of needles? Yes, absolutely. If you are also a CT technologist, you will handle needles and do the injections as well as a MRI technologist for contrast studies and no, it’s not really dye. If it is only a dye, there would be no allergies or side effects included same as an IVU study. As a result, you need to know the questions to ask, and what to do if the patient does experience certain allergies. It’s not a joking matter or an easy task. If you want to go back to school to further your career, you can go to school for Ultrasound, Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine or Radiologist Assistant. Thirdly, do you assist the radiologist in tests? Yes. You have to during fluoro studies and you have to make sure the equipment and the computer screens are set up as well. At times, you also help the MD with communication and positioning. In x ray, you are the one who will be injecting the contrast in a IVU study but you can have the RN or the MD do IV puncture. Basically, it is a lot of work that I did not even go in detail. Fourtly, since you already work with pts, you should already know by now any job in the health field, you deal with cranky pts or employers and x ray is no exception. 95% of my patients are nice but they are also very sick. It is a stressful job but I like what I do so if you are looking for a job that is easy, maybe this is not the job for you. However, it does gets easier with experience esp if you love this field. Fifth, do you lift patients? Yes but you can ask for lifting help and you better besides you have only one back. We position, we assess, and make sure the patient always have their privacy and is in a safe environment. I’ll be honest with you, sometimes I do have back aches because I lift, and turn patients and stand for hours so you really need good physical stamina in this field. How often we lift? For me, it’s all the time and it depends on the pt. Portable exams, you definitely know it’s all the time but if the pt is easy, let them pick themselves up to save you energy. Lastly, I know you didn’t ask this but I also have to be truthful, the market is saturated right now in all fields of radiology but it doesn’t mean you can’t get a job fulltime either. I am a good example, I am a recent grad and I had two job offers and I had to turn a job down that people would die for even techs with years of experience but I had to because I am going back to school full time for nuclear medicine. I pick the job that will pay me pretty damn good until I go back to school. Considering, it is a bad market, I already have experience in x ray, CT and DEXA. Why? I network but yes it is true, it is hard to find a job. If you still want to continue this, do so but I would recommend Ultrasound since it is slightly demanding but go to a CAAHEP accredited school.