RADIOGRAPHYBy Alia Jones

5 main questions

What is a Radiographer and what do they do?

What are some of the subjects you need to take in high school and university?

How does a Radiographer take scans? What are the positives and negatives of

being a Radiographer? What is the average pay of a

Radiographer

What are the subjects you need to take in high school and University to be able to study Radiography?

The subjects you need to take at high school are:

Anatomy and Physiology Chemistry Physics Maths In university you will be studying: BSc (Honours) Diagnostic Radiography

How does a radiographer take scans?

A Radiographer take’s scans using radiation. If you

What is a Radiographer?

A radiologist is someone who analyses peoples ultrasound, x-rays, CAT/CT scans (computed tomography), MRI’s (magnetic resonance imaging) PET’s (positron emission tomography)and Nuclear medicine (explained in the next slide). They scan peoples bodies to either diagnose them with something or analyse someone’s broken bone’s.

Nuclear medicine

Nuclear medicine is a practise that helps find out if you have a disease or how you can treat your specific disease. Nuclear medicine is usually used with more specific and more unique diseases.

Positron emission tomography

PET scans are full body scans that can create 3D images of the body. PET scans use minimal amounts of radiation to reduce chances of cancer.

Computed Tomography

A CT (Computed Tomography) scan is a scan that takes many photos of the injury from different angles to get a 360c angle view which on a computer you can move it to spin around to identify the injury to help fix the affected area.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

A Magnetic Resonance Image(MRI) is a more detailed x-ray usually on organs to see how they function and what might be wrong with their system. It uses strong magnetic imaging that wave through the body.

This is a MRI of a Heart

MRI Brain Scan

MRI Brain Scan

Positives to being a radiographer

You can help many different people with their injuries and sicknesses.

You meet a variety of different people and learn many social skills.

You feel like you can make a difference in people’s lives if they are injured or are having a new member in their family.

Negatives to being a Radiographer?

If you take too many scans you can get cancer from too much Radiation.

How much is the average pay for a Radiographer?

Starting pay (new in the business) per year: $41569.50-$53446.50 .

Senior Radiographer pay per year: $60295.57-$79490.78.

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging