Radiology technician
Radiology is the branch of medicine involving the use of various medical imaging techniques. Although the name includes the word “radiation”, but all the investigations are not used for radiation produced by X-ray.
Radiology using computers and other sophisticated technical equipment, which allows you to look at the patient’s body. By radiology (“radiology” is an older name of this sector) often understands a variety of diagnostic procedures, but it is also applied therapy, ie treatment.
Radiological examinations carried out by highly skilled workers – technicians, as well as specially trained doctors, radiologists, which analyzes the body’s business on a special film or a computer screen, as well as for a series of specialized tests.
Radiologists shall forward the results of the examination (diagnosis), treating physicians.
- X-ray diagnostics (conventional radiology)
Of these areas developed radiology and it is still widely used.
X-ray companies can be made very quickly. They may be permanent examination, such as lung or bone, or on complement other radiological diagnostic methods. One of the commonly used X-ray-business types in urology are kidney-bladder reporting company, which is usually done when there is suspicion of stones in the kidney or urinary tract. A plant can be seen a stone containing calcium salts (so-called X-ray-positive stones). If the stone is not limed, the company can not see. After review, the company’s X-ray can be seen in the kidney size and position.
This is a special X-ray-examination of the kidneys and other parts of the urinary tract, etc., ureters and bladder. The full name of this examination is the intravenous restorative radiology technician.
How to prepare for testing in this?
To X-rays can see right kidney, need to “clean” colon. For this purpose, would be subject to certain conditions. The day before the examination you should eat only a light lunch and dinner, but no later than at. 20th Example of such a meal would be: soup, cooked lean chicken or turkey meat, mashed potatoes. Do not eat coarse or heavy foods. Your pharmacy buy medical preparations under the name “which will tell your doctor” – is it for intestinal decontamination. Preparation should be dissolved in 1 liter of boiled water and the previous day should be drunk within an hour, but no later than noon.Then drink as much liquid as you can, preferably water, cumin and mint tea. You can drink tea and coffee without milk or cream. After at. 20 Do not eat anything other than liquids. Examination day may only drink, and it should stop for 3 hours before the examination. If you have severe allergies or asthma, must alert the attending physician, possibly prior to, you will require medical training.
Be sure to remember!
- In the event the same day you are encouraged to have another examination, to ascertain whether it is related to any dietary restrictions and, if they exist, should be harmonized test plan with the doctor.
- In case you have had allergic reactions to foods or medications, for prior to, certainly warned radiologist.
- If you take any medicine daily, you can also use the examination day, swallowed with water
- If you have diabetes and you take insulin or other medicine for the level of correction, please visit your doctor
What else do you know about this test?
If you have asthma or had an allergic reaction to foods or medications, please warn of person do you do this test.
Also warn them about any reaction that you had after the previous rentgenkontrastvielu use during the examination. Tell us about it, even if you think that it must be written in your history or assignment. This should be done for your safety benefit. That during the examination, you intravenously administered contrast agents, and people who have any allergic reactions may be allergic to the dye.
What happens during the examination?
First of all will be done in kidney-bladder reporting entity to determine whether the bowel is sufficiently “cleansed”. If the gut is a lot of content or gases, which overlay the kidneys, tests may need to defer to another day.
If the intestinal contents will not interfere with businesses to evaluate, you will be given x-ray into a vein (usually in the elbow vein). This substance excreted by the kidneys, X-rays make visible the kidneys, ureters and bladder, and it will be possible to assess how your kidneys are working and whether there is any size, shape, location or structure abnormalities. It will also be possible to evaluate the ureters and bladder.
After contrast injection will be made to several X-ray-companies, during which time you will be briefly detained breathing.
Is it painful?
Examination is not painful, but some people during the injection can feel a slight warmth or chills, which usually go away quickly. Some patients feel in the mouth “metallic” taste. If you got a feeling shortness of breath, or you get ill, please do so immediately communicate to people that are around you.
How much time do the necessary investigations?
It will take about 1 hour. In cases where companies will require additional, examination will be longer.
Angiography
Angiography is a special radiological procedure, which shall be made to obtain blood establishments. Usually for this purpose groin artery or vein catheter is given, which is a small flexible, tube. Radiologist, it is driven to a location that should be investigated, while controlling the catheter position on the monitor. When the catheter reaches the desired location, through the contrast medium is injected (a special X-ray beams-resistant material), which outlines all blood vessels. This allows to assess the vascular status and find a variety of disease-related abnormalities.