i m also a fulltime student studying radiology at local college.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Radiology is the science that uses medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes also treat diseases within the body. A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose and/or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of (usually minimally invasive) medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies. The acquisition of medical images is usually carried out by the radiographer, often known as a \"Radiologic Technologist\". The Diagnostic Radiologist, a specially trained doctor, then interprets or \"reads\" the images and produces a report of their findings and impression or diagnosis. In some places, a Reporting Radiographer, a radiographer with advanced training, may also interpret basic images. This report is then transmitted to the Clinician who requested the imaging. The report can initially be made as a \"wet-read\" which is a rapid preliminary response to a clinical question, which will generally followed later by a final report. Medical images are stored digitally in the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) where they can be viewed by all members of the healthcare team within the same health system and compared later on with future imaging exams.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I was always curious what radiology is about, are you familiar with it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "A little my wife is in Medical school so I get a lot of second hand info. I know Radiology is the science that uses medical imaging to diagnose disease. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "So it includes using x-ray machines and MRI as well?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes among others. It includes X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, that's a lot of different techniques and treatments involved with radiology. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is a medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies. A lot more goes into it then what most think."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It sounds like an important step for doctors to use in diagnosing what could be ailing a patient."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Radiologist is actually a doctor him or her self. They have to go to school for 10 years beyond high school."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Then radiologists should know the proper level of exposure to radiation because high doses sound potentially dangerous."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes they can cause cancer, Up to 10% of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure"}]