What are radiologists?
Radiologists are the physicians (they’ve graduated medical school) who read and interpret x-rays, ultrasound, CT and MRI scans, and other imaging modalities to help treat patients. Diagnostic radiologists look at these images and help other physicians arrive at the correct diagnosis. There is a growing field in interventional radiology in which these doctors utilize real-time images to guide treatment or other diagnostic testing procedures – ie, using images to do precisely guided biopsies of tumors that are difficult to reach. They can also do things like clot off bleeding vessels by using the images to track the progress of their catheters with in vessels. While they do have a pretty good lifestyle, it does take a particular type of person to be a radiologist. Staring at x-rays all day is not for everyone (the radiology reading rooms are typically dark and most people poke fun at radiologists for being afraid of daylight). Diagnostic rads have very little patient contact and don’t re
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