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Your Radiologist

Your radiologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET ), fusion imaging, and ultrasound. Since some of these imaging techniques require the use of radiation, it is important to have training in and understanding of safety and radiation protection.

Your radiologist has graduated from an accredited medical school, has passed an examination for licensure, and completed a residency of at least 4 years of unique postgraduate medical education in, among other topics:

* Safety and Radiation Protection
* Effects of radiation on the human body
* Conduct and interpret appropriate quality tests as well radiological medical images.

Most radiologists also complete additional 1 to 2 years of specialized training in a particular subspecialty of radiology (breast imaging, cardiovascular radiology, nuclear medicine, etc.).
Your radiologist Key Role in Your Health at:

* Serve as expert consultant to the referring physician from you (the doctor who sent him to the radiology department or clinic for examination), helping to choose the appropriate test, interpreting the resulting medical images, and use the results of examination for health care.
* Treating disease by radiation (radiation oncology) or minimally invasive image-guided (interventional radiology).
* To correlate the findings with other medical imaging examinations and tests.
* Recommend additional tests or appropriate treatment when necessary, and consult with referring physicians.
* Direct radiologic technologists (personnel operating the equipment) in the proper conduct of quality reviews.

Your radiologist has the training, knowledge and right experience

When they tell their referring physicians who have reviewed their studies, usually what they mean is that they have reviewed the radiology report or have reviewed the study with the radiologist.

Radiologists are at the forefront of imaging technology, spearheading the development and implementation of CT, MRI, PET, and fusion imaging and minimally invasive procedures such as endovascular treatment of aneurysms, percutaneous biopsies, and radiation accuracy.

Radiologists are usually certified by the American Board of Radiology (for an allopathic doctor) or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology (for an osteopathic physician), indicating a high level of training and demonstrated excellence in the field.
What You Should Know About Quality and Safety in Medical Imaging

Radiological procedures such as CT, MRI and PET medically prescribed and should be used only by physicians trained and certified under medically necessary circumstances.

Radiologists are physicians who have received at least 4 years of training school unique and specific postmédica radiation safety in the optimal performance of radiological procedures and interpretation of medical images. Other medical specialties require much less education in shooting from a few days to a maximum of 10 months. The use of medical imaging procedures by unqualified providers may expose you to radiation or without radiation levels that may be unduly dangerous. You can also result in misdiagnosis or undiagnosed problems.