| The various advantages of the intermediary world of | | | | technical people who are responsible for carrying out |
| sciences has been the development as well as | | | | the radiological techniques are known as radiologists or |
| invention of some of the most revolutionary | | | | radiologic technologist. The technique of radiology has |
| instruments and technologies that have really given the | | | | been the cornerstone of the medical procedures for |
| world of sciences and technologies a great leap in | | | | more than a century now. The various imaging |
| every sense of the term. One such technique that is | | | | techniques that are used by the radiologists help them |
| the result of such interdisciplinary endeavors and has | | | | in the correct diagnosis as well as treatment of a |
| been very helpful in diagnosing and treating variety of | | | | variety of diseases. In particular these techniques have |
| diseases that had been considered incurable or at | | | | really proved to be very helpful in diagnosing as well as |
| least difficult to treat till date is the technique of | | | | treating some of the most perilous diseases like |
| radiology. The technique of radiology involves study as | | | | cancer. |
| well as application of imaging technologies in order to | | | | Apart from getting the critically important images for |
| diagnose as well as treat various diseases. Some of | | | | the treatment of diseases, this technique can also be |
| these imaging technologies that are used are | | | | used to guide other medical techniques that are more |
| computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance | | | | invasive in nature. In many of the invasive treatment |
| imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and | | | | methods a careful guidance of the instruments is |
| ultra sound. | | | | required through those areas of the body that are not |
| There is another method of radiology known as the | | | | easily visible. In procedures like angioplasty, and |
| interventional radiology is the carrying out of medical | | | | radiograms, imaging techniques like fluorescent |
| techniques using minimal invasive techniques. The | | | | markers, ultrasound, and MRI are used. |