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Clinical Investigation

World Radiology Journals

Radiologist technologists perform diagnostic imaging examinations and perform radiotherapy treatments. The technologist moves the imaging equipment into position and adjusts equipment controls supported his or her knowledge of the procedure. The technologist is also liable for using radiation safety techniques to make sure exposures for team members and patients meet ALARA standards. To stop unnecessary radiation exposure, a technologist uses radiation protective devices like lead aprons and shields. Additionally, the technologist sets the acceptable collimation to attenuate scatter radiation. Collimation is that the process of adjusting the x-ray beam to the anatomic area appropriate for the procedure. The technologist also may operate mobile x-ray or ultrasound equipment to get images within the ER; Technologists also assist radiologists with general radiology, computerized tomography, and resonance imaging and ultrasound procedures. The paramount objective of WJR is to showcase and promote distinguished research within the field of radiology, to assist advance development of this field. In film-screen radiography, an X-ray tube generates a beam of X-rays, which is aimed toward the patient. The X-rays that undergo the patient are filtered through a tool called a grid or X-ray filter, to scale back scatter, and strike an undeveloped film, which is held tightly to a screen of light-emitting phosphors during a light-tight cassette. The film is then developed chemically and a picture appears on the film. Film-screen radiography is being replaced by phosphor plate radiography but more recently by digital radiography (DR) and therefore the EOS imaging. Within the two latest systems, the X-rays strike sensors that converts the signals generated into digital information, which is transmitted and converted into a picture displayed on a display screen. In digital radiography the sensors shape a plate, but within the EOS system, which may be a slot-scanning system, a linear sensor vertically scans the patient.

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