My desire is to have a career in the health profession and hospital based. I have chosen Diagnostic Radiography as it is a combination of Technology‚ Science and Health Care. Conveying extensive research and work experience to make my decision on this career has been pleasant for me. I have a yearning for technology as it has always cached my interest‚ I am comprehensively intrigued from the utter intricacy of it. During my work placement at Bradford Royal Infirmary‚ shadowing radiographers has
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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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Managerial Decision Kathy Stamps BUS. 640: Managerial Economics Michael Thirtle March 19‚ 2011 oAbstract Should we buy a new machine or upgrade the old one? One of the managerial decisions that our local hospital had to make was whether to transition into a digital format with our portable x-ray machines by performing transformation upgrades to both existing analog units or to trade them in and use their value to offset the total price incurred by the purchase of new units. This
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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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Early Days of CT: Innovations (Both Good and Bad) Robert G. Gould Department of Radiology University of California San Francisco The Names: An Incomplete List • • • • • Johann Karl August Radon 1887‐1956 William Henry Oldendorf 1925‐1992 Allan McLeod Cormack 1919‐2004 Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 1919‐2004 Robert Ledley 1924‐ Sir Godfrey Hounsfield • Elected to Royal Society 1975 • Nobel prize 1979 shared with Allan Cormack 1919‐2004 EMI Head Scanner First clinical image (Atkinson‐ Morley Hospital London
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Ahmed Mohammed Dr Agatha Ukata WRI 102 Response Paper Summary The first article by Thomas Frank talks about the introduction of backscatter x-rays‚ a new threat detection technology that cannot visit the inside of a person’s body‚ thus reducing vulnerability to irradiation. Tests conducted show that backscatter x-rays are more efficient that traditional scanners and metal detectors. Joe Sharkey argues that backscatter x-rays will explicit images of travelers. Homeland security justifies the
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