the medical field‚ specializing in radiology. This individual performs imaging of the body for diagnosis or specialized treatment plan. The main parts of the paper will focus on personal characteristics defining a good potential candidate‚ education and special training‚ job roles and expectations‚ salary and the importance of this specialized field. II BODY OF PAPER Radiology in the medical field is the imaging of human body parts‚ including external limbs ‚ as well as internal organs
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It is a type of scan that is used in medical settings to evaluate and come to a diagnostic conclusion of the body. This process involves the use of both strong magnetic fields and radio waves in order to produce the image needed to assess the person’s well being. The MRI scan has proven to be effective in examining different parts of the body‚ and the following are examples: Brain‚ spinal cord‚ internal organs‚ heart and blood vessels‚ bones. A normal human adult will have up to 60% of water within
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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY CLINIC CONSULT_____________________ Patient Name: Grace Pereira PCP: Reed Phillips‚ MD Patient ID: 017990 DOB: 06/24/2007 Age: 7 Sex: F Date of Exam: 05/05/2015 Reason for Visit: Follow-up of behavior‚ patient accompanied by mother‚ records are unavailable. HISTORY: Grace a 7-year-old girl has a history of severe behavioral problems‚ ADHD‚ bipolar disorder‚ borderline mental retardation‚ and significant past medical history of congenital hydrocephalous associated
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There are several methods that both measure and scan the cortical functions of the brain and they both have their individual strengths and weaknesses. In a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan the scanner injects the patient with glucose containing radiotracers which are radioactive and emit positrons which are then picked up by the scanner. As glucose is used for energy in the body it will travel to the brain and distributes itself to the parts of the brain need it most at that time. When it
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the catholic Church in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy and Hope Ministries. I would also like to briefly touch on the natures of job I and Marc perform and our responsibilities in radiology department. By profession‚ I’m a MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technologist‚ who works under direct supervision of an attending physician (Radiologist) and lead technologist (Marc Caballero). My main job requirement is to provide the Radiologists
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people often enter the field of radiology because they have different sorts of interest in the job. The field of radiology was originally oriented on using X-ray radiation imagining of the body. Current radiology is not limited to X-rays; it also uses magnetic field‚ radiation and sound waves. Radiology can be used both for diagnostic purpose‚ as well as a form of treatment for some diseases. A Radiologist is a medical specialist using X-rays‚ sound waves (ultrasound) and magnetism (MRI) disease in
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to find the answer for the asked question: “are prodigies born or made?”. In the article‚ Andrew Marshall introduces a study of Michael O’Boyle. He is an American psychologist working in Australia‚ has recently utilized fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scanning of blood flow during mental operation in prodigies to display startling results. Scans showed six or seven times more metabolic activity in the right side of prodigies’
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The study considers the 2 nearest hospitals from MCM that offers MRI service. The table above highlights the competitive factors that should be taken account in analyzing the competitiveness of MCM in the context of the acquisition of a 1.5 Tesla MRI for the hospital. The weakest point of MCM is the bed capacity as it only has 100 beds compared to 300 beds of AHMC and UPHMC. The price competitiveness of MCM is moderate since it has the same proposed price range as UPHMC which is a good sign for
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signal. The BOLD changes are generally correlated with the underlying synaptic activity. Spatial resolution is 1–10 mm‚ and temporal resolution is 1–10 s. In general‚ the higher the spatial resolution‚ the lower the temporal resolution. Of the three imaging technologies described in this Box‚ fMRI has a substantial advantage in resolving small structures and those that are deep in the brain. However‚ some important brain regions‚ especially the orbitofrontal cortex‚ are affected by signal artefacts that
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Two articles are looked at in this paper. One article is about how different cognitive loads and amount of attention to threats influence fear-potentiated startle. Another article about how social contact promotes health and well-being. A description of the studies conducted will be explained‚ along with the results of the study. The purpose of this article was to examine how fear-potentiated startle (FPS) is affected by different levels of trait anxiety‚ focus of attention‚ and cognitive load.
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