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21st Century Radiologic Modalities Its Uses, Misconceptions, and Advantages. Add a Team Members Page Elaborate on what you want to discuss. Name Name Name Title or Title or Title or Posi...

21st Century Radiologic Modalities Its Uses, Misconceptions, and Advantages. Add a Team Members Page Elaborate on what you want to discuss. Name Name Name Title or Title or Title or Position Position Position Name Name Title or Title or Position Position  About Us 01. We are the students of the Radiologic Technologies from Olivarez College. Contents 02. Our Projects This Presentation is about how we will clear out the its uses, misconceptions, and advantages of the RADTECH MODALITIES. 01. About us Elaborate on what you want to discuss.  Welcome To Presentation I'm Rain, and I'll be sharing with you my beautiful ideas. Follow me at @reallygreatsite to learn more. What are Radiologic Modalities? According to CCD Health Radiology modalities can help identify many different medical conditions, including bone fractures, cancers, and cardiovascular disease. This may also mean that Radiologic Modalities can be classified as the right image for the radiologist to examine.  The types of Radiologic Modalities MAGNETIC RESONANCE ULTRASOUND X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGING (MRI) COMPUTED NUCLEAR TOMOGRAPHY FLUOROSCOPY MEDICINE (CT SCAN)  Ultrasound Machine: its Uses and Advantages The ultrasound is using sound waves to make pictures of the organs, tissues, and other structures of the body. FACTS: ~This machine is safe and painless ~The gel that is being use is called Ultrasound Gel that is made of water and propylene glycol. ~Ultrasound is also called ultrasonography or sonography. ~Ultrasound uses sound waves instead of radiation and safe for its user.  MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ULTRASOUND: Uses radiation? I need a full bladder for my ultrasound? I should not eat before an ultrasound? Ultrasound is always correct about the fetal sex? Ultrasound is a non-invasive procedure? BACK X-RAY MACHINE: its Uses Medical Imaging x-rays are primarily used to produce images of the internal structures of the body, such as bones and organs. This helps in diagnosing fractures, infections, and diseases like pneumonia. Security Screening X-ray scanners are used to inspect luggage and cargo for potential security threats, such as weapons or explosives. Scientific Research X-ray telescopes observe celestial objects and phenomena, such as black holes, neutron stars, and supernova. ADVANTAGES OF X-RAY REAL-TIME WIDESPREAD MONITORING AVAILABILITY X-ray fluoroscopy provides X-ray equipment is available real-time imaging, which is in most hospitals, clinics, and useful during surgeries and dental offices, making it a other medical procedures to common and reliable guide instruments and diagnostic tool. implants. QUICK AND NONE DESTRUCTIVE ACCURATE TESTING DIAGNOSIS In industrial applications, X-rays allow X-rays provide fast results, for the inspection of materials and allowing for timely diagnosis products without causing any and treatment, especially in damage, saving both time and costs emergency situations such as in the production process. bone fractures.  BACK MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT X-RAY X-RAY ALWAYS CAUSE CANCER? ALL X-RAY ARE DANGEROUS? X-RAY CAN MAKE YOU RADIOACTIVE? DENTAL X-RAY ARE UNNECESSARY? HIGHER X-RAY EXPOSER EQUAL BETTER IMAGE QUAL? PREGNANT WOMEN ARE ALLOWED TO USE X-RAY? CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE AFFECTED EQUALLY BY X-RAY? MAMMOGRAPHY Mammography is a specialized medical imaging technique that uses low-dose X-rays to examine the breast. It has several important uses, primarily in the field of breast health and cancer screening. USES OF MAMMOGRAPHY Breast Cancer Screening Diagnostic Mammography Monitoring of Breast Conditions Mammography is widely If a lump or other symptoms of Mammograms are used used for early detection of breast disease are detected, a to monitor changes in breast cancer in diagnostic mammogram can breast conditions, such asymptomatic women, provide more detailed images to often as part of routine evaluate the breast tissue and as cysts or calcifications, health checkups guide further investigation. over time..  ADVANTAGES OF MAMMOGRAPHY Early Detection of Effective for Detecting Improves Treatment Breast Cancer Small Tumors Options Mammography can Mammograms can By identifying cancer detect breast cancer at detect tumors that are early, mammography an early stage, often too small to be felt allows for less before any symptoms during a physical breast aggressive treatments. appear, increasing the exam, potentially Early-stage cancers can chances of successful identifying cancer at a often be treated with treatment and stage when it can be breast-conserving reducing mortality treated more surgery and may not rates. effectively. require chemotherapy.  MISCONCEPTION ABOUT MAMMOGRAPHY Only older If my mammogram is Mammograms women need normal, I don’t need expose you to mammograms? another one for several dangerous levels years? of radiation? Mammograms are Mammograms unnecessary if there’s no can spread family history of breast cancer? cancer? MRI MACHINE: Neurological Imaging: its Uses MRI is commonly used to examine the brain and spinal cord for conditions like tumors, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Musculoskeletal Imaging: It helps in assessing injuries to muscles, ligaments, and joints, including tears and fractures. Cardiac Imaging: MRI can evaluate heart structures, function, and blood flow, useful in diagnosing heart diseases.  ADVANTAGES OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING High Resolution: Provides detailed images of soft tissues, which are often clearer than those from other imaging modalities. Versatile: No Preparation: Can be used for a wide range of conditions and Generally requires little to no special preparation body parts. Functional Imaging: Allows for the for patients. assessment of physiological processes in addition to structural imaging. MISCONCEPTIONS OF MRI Only people with serious conditions Everyone gets claustrophobic during need an MRI? an MRI? MRIs are painful or uncomfortable? MRI scans are dangerous for pregnant You can’t have an MRI if you have any women? metal in your body?  COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CT (Computed Tomography) scans are highly versatile and used in a variety of medical applications.  USES OF CT CAN Guidance for Surgical and Medical Procedures: Detection of Internal Bleeding: CT images can guide surgeons CT scans are frequently used in during procedures, such as emergency situations to detect biopsies, or be used to plan internal bleeding, brain injuries, surgeries by providing detailed or other critical conditions after anatomy. trauma. Detection of Abdominal Cancer Detection and Issues: Monitoring: CT scans can help identify CT scans can locate tumors, assess the cause of abdominal pain, their size, and help stage cancers. such as appendicitis, kidney They are also used to monitor how stones, or diverticulitis. cancer responds to treatment.  ADVANTAGES OF CT SCAN Detailed, 3D Accurate Images: Diagnosis: CT scans provide CT scans are very detailed cross- accurate and can sectional images detect small of the body, abnormalities that allowing for a might be missed by more comprehensive other imaging view of internal methods, aiding structures early diagnosis and compared to treatment regular X-rays. planning.  MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CT SCANS CT Scans CT Scans Only People CT Scans Expose You to Are the with Severe Always Conditions Dangerous Same as Show Need a CT Levels of MRI? Scan? Definitive Radiation? Answers?  FLUOROSCOPY Fluoroscopy is a medical imaging technique that uses continuous X-rays to create real-time, moving images of the internal structures of the body. It allows doctors to observe the movement of organs, tissues, or contrast agents (such as barium or iodine) within the body, providing a live view during diagnostic tests or procedures  USES OF FLUOROSCOPY Orthopedic Guidance During Angiography: Surgery: Procedures: Fluoroscopy is used Fluoroscopy is commonly It assists in to visualize blood fracture repair, used to guide a variety of vessels and assess spinal surgeries, procedures, such as catheter insertion, stent conditions like and joint placement, or biopsy, blockages or replacement allowing physicians to aneurysms, procedures by see real-time images particularly in the giving real-time while performing the heart, brain, and intervention. imaging of bones legs. and joints. ADVANTAGES OF FLUOROSCOPY Versatile Applications: It can be used Quick and Efficient: Fluoroscopy in various medical fields, including provides immediate results, enabling cardiology, gastroenterology, quicker diagnosis and decision- orthopedics, and urology, making it a making during procedures compared highly versatile tool for both to other imaging techniques. diagnosis and treatment.  MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT FLOUROSCOPY Fluoroscopy is only used in complex surgeries? Fluoroscopy is the same as a regular X-ray? Fluoroscopy is unnecessary if other imaging techniques are available?  NUCLEAR MEDICINE Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of radiology. It uses very small amounts of a radioactive substance (radionuclide or radio-tracer) for health research, diagnosis, and treatment of various conditions, including cancer. USES OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Cancer Detection and Treatment: Nuclear medicine is used to detect tumors and monitor their growth. It is also used in treatments, such as radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid cancer and some types of lymphoma. Lung Scans: Nuclear medicine helps detect blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolism) and evaluate lung function in diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Brain Imaging: Nuclear medicine can assess conditions like seizures, brain tumors, stroke, and other neurological disorders by evaluating blood flow and activity in the brain. ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE Functional Imaging: Unlike other imaging techniques (such as CT or MRI) 1 that mainly show anatomical structures, nuclear medicine provides functional information, showing how organs and tissues are working in real time. 2 Non-Invasive: Most nuclear medicine procedures are minimally invasive and don’t require surgery. The radiotracer is usually injected, inhaled, or swallowed, and the scan itself is painless. 3 Personalized Medicine: Nuclear medicine allows for more personalized treatment by providing detailed functional information about how a patient’s body is responding to disease or therapy, leading to tailored treatments.  MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT NUCLEAR MEDICINE Nuclear medicine scans Nuclear medicine leaves are the same as X-rays or harmful radiation in the CT scans? body? Nuclear medicine is Nuclear medicine is only extremely dangerous for cancer diagnosis? because of radiation exposure?