The document summarizes various medical imaging machines including CT scans, PET scans, MRI scans, DSR scans, and sonograms. CT scans use X-rays and computers to produce cross-sectional images of the body. PET scans use radioactive tracers to detect cancer and other diseases. MRI scans use magnetic fields to produce detailed images of organs and soft tissues without radiation. DSR scans produce real-time 3D images while sonograms use ultrasound to image fetuses and internal organs in real-time without radiation.

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2. Medical Imaging IntroductionPlease Press the Black Box for the Video to Play

3. CT Scan OverviewCT Scan or computed tomography is a type of medical imaging that allows the doctors to identify and diagnose the conditions of different parts of your body.

4. CT scanning is a combination of special x-ray equipment with the help of sophisticated computers to produce different pictures of the body’s insides

5. CT scans are used to scan parts of your body such as: organs, bones, soft tissue and blood vessels.

6. Doctors sometimes choose the CT scan mostly because it gives clearer details than conventional X-ray machines.

7. CT scanners have numerous x-ray beams and a set of X-ray detectors which rotates around you inside the doughnut’s interior . Measuring the amount of radiation being absorbed into your body. With these data the computer would take it and process it into a 2D cross-sectional images of your body.CT Scan Why is it Used?It is one of the fastest way of examining the chest, abdomen and pelvis.

8. CT scans can quickly identify injuries in the lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bowel or other internal organs.

9. CT examinations can be use to measure mineral densities inside of bones for the detection of osteoporosis ,or the decease where bones are on the verge of fracturing due to decreasing amount of minerals.

10. CT examinations could also be used to plan for surgeries such as, organ transplants.Benefits Vs. Risks of CT ScansBenefits Vs. Risks of CT ScansRISKSBenefitsRISKSBenefitsCT scanning are painless

11. It can image bones, soft tissues and blood vessels at the same time.

12. CT scanning are very fast and simple.

13. CT scanning can be performed even though you may have an implant medical device of any kind, unlike MRI.

14. No radiation remains inside the patient after the examination.

15. There is always a slight chance of getting cancer from the excessive exposure of radiation.

16. The amount of radiation from one exam in the CT scan is around the same amount that you would receive in 3 top five years.

17. CT scans are not recommended for pregnant people because it may bring harm on both the baby and the mother.PET ScansWhat is it?PET or (Positron Emission Tomography) is a type of nuclear medicine imaging.

18. Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that requires small amount of radio active materials to find or treat a variety of deceases.

19. The machine looks similar to a CT or a MRI scanner. So it looks like a round doughnut with a desk that moves through it. Please Press the Black Box for the Video to Play

20. PET ScansWhat and Why is it Used for?It is used to findcancerinside your body. When found it could also benefit the doctor, so that the doctors could find a way to cureit.Used to see and identify the spreading of cancercells. So the doctors can tell if it is dangerous or not.It can detect brain disorders such as Alzheimer, Parkinson’s decease and more.It can determine the effects of a heartattack Please Press the Black Box for the Video to Play

21. PET ScansHow does it work ?First the physician would either inject , make you swallow or inhale as a gas a radioactive material called radiopharmaceutical or radiotracer.Then the material will gather in the organs or area of the body which is being examined. When it gathers this material gives off a smallamount of energy.After that the PETscannerdetects this energy given of by the radioactivematerial ,and with the help of a computer a picture is then formed.Please Press the Black Box for the Video to Play

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23. MRI Scans How it worksThe patient will be lying down inside the machine. At the same time magnetic fields are being sent through your body.

24. The magnetic fields are being created by the electricity passing through the wire coils inside the machine.

25. The waves affect the body’s atoms and causing them to move into a different position. As the atoms go back into the original position they give of radio waves of their own

26. A computer then processesthe radio waves given of by the atoms to create a image of the area being examined.MRI Scans Why are MRI scans used.To see the organs in the chest which includes the heart,liver,kidney, spleen and other various organs.

27. The examinations could help monitor and diagnose for conditions such as tumors, some heart problems, blockage of blood vessels, and diseases to the liver.MRI Scans Limitations To create a high quality image of an area of a patient. The patient would have to remainstill throughout the exam.

28. A person who is very large in size may sometime not fit into the whole of a typical MRI machine.

29. If the patienthas metal implants inside their body, the implant would make the image unclear.DSR ImagingWhat is it ?The DSR or the (Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor) is a unique type of a CT scanner.

30. The DSR machine was developed in the 1970s and 1980s.

31. It is like a CT scanner, but instead of a 2D images the DSR scanner produces 3D images.

32. The images that can be produced by the DSR are also in real-time

33. Now only one DSR scanner exist on earth at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Sonograms What is it ?Sonograms or ultrasounds works by using high frequency sound waves.

34. Because ultrasounds are taken real-time they can show the movement and structures of the body’s internal organs.

35. Sonograms are usually used to examine an embryo or fetus.Sonograms How does it work?The way that sonograms work is similar to the sonar used by bats, ships, and fishermen.

36. The ultrasound machine works by sending high-density sound waves into the area of the patient being examined.

37. When a sound wave hit something it bounces back or echoes.

38. The machine then measure the amount of the echo waves and determine the shape of the object as well as it’s size.Sonograms BenefitsMost ultrasounds are usually painless.

39. Ultrasounds are widely used and cost less than other imaging techniques.

40. All ultrasounds does not require any kind or radiation.

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