RADIOLOGIC AND IMAGING SCIENCES RAD 110

USES ENERGY TO CREATE IMAGES OF HUMAN BODY

MEDICAL RADIATION

X-RAYS ARE WHAT TYPE OF RADIATION

IONIZING

ENERGY FORMS FOR IMAGING

• - ELECTROMAGNETIC

• - X-RAYS

• - RADIO WAVES

• - SOUND WAVES

• - ELECTRICAL

• - HEAT

• - MAGNETIC

• - NUCLEAR (GAMMA)

FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE

HIPPOCRATES

1796- SMALLPOX VACCINE

EDWARD JENNER

- PROVED GERM THEORY OF INFECTION

• - PROVED WHAT WAS CAUSING PEOPLE TO GET SICK

LOUIS PASTEUR

WHAT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

ANTIBIOTICS

WHEN WAS DNA DISCOVERED

1953

X-RAYS WERE NOT INVENTED THEY WERE……

DISCOVERED

WHEN WERE X-RAYS DISCOVERED AND BY WHO

• -NOVEMBER 8, 1895

• - ROENTGEN

THE X IN X-RAY STANDS FOR

UNKNOWN

WHEN DID ROENTGEN RECEIVE HIS FIRST NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS

1901

WHAT WAS ROENTGEN FIRST MEDICAL X-RAY

X-RAY OF WIFES HAND

WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST X-RAY EXAM IN U.S. PERFORMED

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE/ FEBRUARY 3RD, 1896

FIRST MEDICAL X-RAY TOOK HOW MANY MINUTES OF EXPOSURE

20 MINUTES

WHICH TYPE OF TUBE WAS ROENTGEN USING IN HIS LAB?

CROOKE’S

WHAT DOES THE X STAND FOR IN X-RAYS?

UNKNOWN

WHERE WAS THE FIRST CLINICAL X-RAY TAKEN

NEW HAMPSHIRE

WHAT DID ROENTGEN WIN FOR DISCOVERY IN X-RAYS?

NOBEL PRIZE

THREE TYPES OF X-RAY EXAMINATIONS

• - X-RAYS: STILL IMAGE/ NO MOVEMENT

• - FLOURO: LIVE IMAGE

• - CT: ROTATING X-RAY SOURCE

WHO INVENTED FLUOROSCOPE AND WHAT YEAR

THOMAS EDISON/ 1898

FIRST DEATH IN U.S. CAUSED BY X-RAYS AND YEAR

CLARENCE DALLY/ 1904

SHIELDS USED ON ALL PATIENTS OF CHILDBEARING AGE OR YOUNGER (0-55)

GONADAL SHIELDS

WE DO NOT SHIELD

ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

WHAT IS NOT A TYPE OF X-RAY EXAM

ULTRASOUND

TYPE OF X-RAY EXAM USING ROTATING SOURCE

CT (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY)

WHO INVENTED FUOROSCOPE

THOMAS EDISON

TRUE OR FALSE- GONADAL SHIELDING ONLY HAS TO BE USED ON CHILDREN UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE

FALSE

WHO IS THE FIRST CHOICE WHEN ASKING SOMEONE TO HOLD PATIENT DURING AN EXPOSURE

PATIENTS PARENT

HIGH FREQUENCY, NON IONIZING SOUND ENERGY TO CREATE IMAGES

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY

• -USES ENERGY OF HIGH STRENGTH MAGNETIC FIELDS

  • - RADIO WAVES TO CREATE IMAGES

  • - NON-IONIZING MODALITY

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)

• - USES X-RAYS TO VISUALIZE HEART

• - CATHETERS INJECT CONTRAST INTO VESSELS

  • - PERFORMED IN STERILE ANGIOGRAPHY LAB

CARDIAC INTERVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY (CATH-LAB)

• - VISUALIZE VESSELS AND ORGANS THROUGHOUT BODY

• - CATHETERS INJECT CONTRAST INTO VEINS AND ORGANS

• - PERFORMED IN STERILE ANGIOGRAPHY LAB

VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY

• - VISUALIZE VESSLES IN BRAIN

• - CATHETERS INJECT CONTRAST AND PERFORM TREATMENTS

  • - STERILE ANGIOGRAPHY LAB

NUEROENDOVASCULAR RADIOLOGY

VERY HIGH ENERGY IONIZING RADIATION TO TREAT CANCER

RADIATION THERAPY

• - FOUNDED IN 1922

• - OFFERS 15 DIFFERENT CREDENTIALS

• - MORE THAN 330,000 TECHNOLOGISTS

• - BIANNUAL CE REQUIREMENTS AND CQR

ARRT

ARRT STANDS FOR

AMERICAN REGISTRY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS

• - FOUNDED IN 1920

• - REPRESENTS INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS, EDUCATORS, MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STUDENTS

  • - MORE THAN 156,000 MEMBERS

ASRT

WHAT DOES ASRT STAND FOR

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS

• - ESTABLISHED IN 1969

• - BOARD MEMBERS NOMINATED BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH RADIOLOGY EDUCATION

• - ACCREDITS PROGRAMS: RADIOGRAPHY, RADIATION THERAPY, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, MRI

JRCERT

WHAT DOES JRCERT STAND FOR

JOINT REVIEW COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION IN RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY