Exciting Trends in Medical Imaging

Are you the type of kid who always picked Superman as your favorite superhero, mostly because of his X-ray vision?  Come on admit it!  Have you grown into an adult with a love of the latest and greatest in technology, combined with a complete fascination for how the human body works?

Or most specifically, what we all look like through Superman’s eyes?  If you have yet to consider a career in medical imaging what on earth are you waiting for?

Skilled workers in all areas of health care are in high demand, especially radiology and medical imaging.  Even the smallest, most rural hospitals in the country have these essential departments.  Imaging technicians are the first to know what is going on inside a patient’s ever-complex body.

The evolution of technology in medical imaging is mind boggling and even hospitals have trouble keeping up financially and offering patients the best, most accurate diagnostic measures for spotting a disease before it progresses.  Here are some of the newest innovations in medical imaging technology to wet your “superman”, high-tech appetite.

Mobile Phone Ultrasound: That’s right, we’re talking about ultrasound with a USB connection on a smart phone. The medical industry’s most portable patient imaging device ever is also Microsoft Windows compatible.

Super MRI: Some new MRI scanners are twice as powerful as standard machines with a focus on providing the sharpest images ever seen of finer anatomical details like joint surfaces, cartilage, ligaments and muscle.

Calculate Radiation Risk: Medical imaging providers and patients who are nervous about how much radiation they are indeed absorbing during procedures can now visit www.xrayrisk.com to get some peace of mind. The site was created by a radiology M.D.

Crystal Ball: There is now 3-D imaging technology that projects images of the human body in true 3D format, similar to a hologram that you would see in science fiction movies. This type of technology is being explored specifically for cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.

Digital Mammography: Anxious female patients no longer have to wait for answers after their mammography exams. With this technology, they have answers before they leave the exam room.

Hope for Epilepsy: Advancements in nuclear medicine imagine are now making it possible for doctors to pinpoint the exact area where seizures are occurring in the brain of an epilepsy patient.

These exciting developments in medical imaging may not exactly make you Superman but they do promise an unpredictable, challenging career in health care.