At an early age in life I knew that I loved to help others‚ had an interest for Health‚ and a heart full of compassion. All of these characteristics influenced my interest in becoming a radiographer. It mattered to me‚ everyone deserved a second chance at health. It wasn’t until my friend critically fell‚ crying in excruciating pain that I realized‚ “this is what I want to do.” I knew something was wrong and tried everything in my power to do what I could to help. Along with helping others‚ my
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Digital students are students whose brains have become accustomed to digital media‚ such as playing computer games‚ listening to music on Ipods and looking at computer screens for lengthy times. Many of them have today evolved from sitting in front of screens to using handheld devices to send e mails‚ text messages and send instant messages. Some of them even talk to each other in bytes. In fact this generation is called the digital generation. Students of today live in a very different world
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Humanity‚ constantly learning‚ growing‚ and facing more challenges each second of the day. Whether the challenges are mental or purely physical‚ we have found more efficient‚ safer‚ and easier ways of doing the tasks we may face. From moving cargo to sending information via the Internet. Probably the greatest accomplishments we have made‚ are in the studies of medicine/treatment; to be specific‚ the study of radiology. Radiology is the process of working and viewing inside the human body
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Food Irradiation: Good idea or bad? Food irradiation is using gamma rays‚ x-rays‚ or high voltage electron on the foods we eat to kill parasites and bacteria that will allow food to last longer‚ delay sprouting‚ increase the shelf life‚ and make food safer to eat. This is because these short wavelengths will damage and the microorganisms that spoil and deteriorate food beyond repair. To use food irradiation‚ you need two things a source or radiant energy and a way to confine the energy. (1)
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I remembered when I turned eleven years old; I fell down and got hurt in my collar bone. At that time‚ I told to my parent that I fell and every time I moved my right arm‚ my collar bone get hurt and it had a burse marker. They didn’t think that something wrong with me‚ they thought I was active so that why my muscle and joint get tired. Three days later‚ I told to my grandmother that I still get hurt and she took me went to the hospital immediately. After the radiologist had an x-ray and she showed
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It has not been quite recently when I scheduled and fulfilled the observation requirement‚ but about a year ago this month when applying for this program last year. The amazing thing about it is that the memory of this day still remains vividly in my mind. It was on this day that I learned the basic and not so basic job requirements for becoming a radiology technologist. Many might think that this job is limited to aiming a machine‚ positioning a patient‚ and taking pictures of their bones‚ but come
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As an x-ray technician‚ you will support the radiology team within a hospital‚ physician’s office‚ or medical imaging facility. An X-Ray Technician is a trained health-care worker that uses x-ray equipment to take pictures of the inside of the body so that conditions‚ diseases‚ or injuries can be visualized and/or diagnosed. The x-ray technician can expect a variety of different working circumstances and must be able to work well with people and under stress and pressure. Employment of x-ray technicians
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TITLE: THE ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING I. INTRODUCTION Modern technologies such as digital communication and signal processing have give us a lot of improvement in our life with it’s advantages. II. BODY A. Medical field will be more efficient with the presence of signal processing. 1. History has been made when The Electrical Engineering Faculty of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) poneering the digital signal processing to detect a person’s heart
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Compare and Contrast Digital and Film Cameras Cameras‚ they come in many forms‚ from digital‚ from pocket cameras‚ to full sized full function cameras. Cameras have become a part of our everyday lives‚ and with the progression of modern technology. Cameras have become even more user friendly and affordable for many to own. As the camera moves into the digital era‚ the film camera is becoming a distant memory. Digital and film cameras have the same final product‚ but the way to get there is much
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Impact of Digital Signal Processing Introduction Early in the years of computers‚ the then generation had predictions. They saw computers or rather artificial intelligence turn-around how people would relate with each other and their environment. They had a believe of how machines like computers being our drivers‚ robots doing our chores and functions like voice interface controlling retrieval and storage of data and information. However‚ it never came to pass because of the difficulty in implementing
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