How are ultrasound images processed for submission to the requesting physician?
Once scanning has been done, the resulting images are first forwarded to a radiologist for analysis and certification. It will then be the radiologist’s duty to arrange a report that will be analyzed by the attending physician before finally being relayed to the patient. In processing scanned images, a sonographer usually need not to affix his signature. This is due to the policy that the responsibility for the images rests in the hands of the radiologist. In essence, it is the radiologist that ultimately makes the final call in the analysis they’ve concluded based on the acquired ultrasound images.
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