A look Inside the Human Body

Radiology is the technological side of medicine responsible for the imaging of the body's internal organs. Radiology has developed recently to also include treatment of some life threatening diseases.

Radiology is an area of medical science that involves the diagnosis and inspection of conditions in the body via the use of electronic imaging. This is a great way for us to be able to see what is going on inside the body in great detail without having to cut open the patient to see the inside of his/her body, which can be potentially very dangerous and risky. It is far simpler and quicker to use imaging and often more accurate as well because, you can inspect the many different images as closely as is needed until the condition can be identified. Radiology can also be used to treat certain conditions as well, which is again far easier than having to cut someone open to perform surgery on them and is also less risky.

There are many different forms of radiology existing at the moment, thanks to the work being done into medical technology to help treat patients effectively and to help enhance or save their lives! These different forms include things such as X-rays, radiography, ultrasound scans, MRI scans (magnetic resonance imaging) and many others. They all differ in how they are done, what they are used for and also how accurate each of them is. For example x-rays are used when doctors or scientists want to be able to examine bones because they are best for seeing solid and dense objects and bone fits the bill. X-rays are very good for looking at the human skeleton because they do not detect anything else which could obtrude on the image at the end of the scan and make it easy for the doctors to examine the bones in detail. Ultrasound scans are used to look at babies while they are still in the wombs of their mothers by sending sound waves through the stomach of the mother and by detecting the change in frequency, we can generate an image. This type of scan is good for penetrating layers, but doesn't give a very clear image at the end of it which is why it is used for baby scans where the object being inspected is large, instead of a tumor for example. MRI scans are incredibly accurate and can be sued to look at tiny objects in the human body; however the equipment needed for it is far more expensive than an x-ray machine.

Radiology also involves treatments of things such as cancer, where radiation can be sent through the body and can be used to kill off the tumor without damaging other cells in the body if the right type of radiation is used.