Medical Careers: Medical Imagining
For this unit's medical connections we will be exploring the field of medical imaging. Most of you know several types or forms of medical imaging but don't necessarily know what each is specifically used for! Take a look at the website links listed below and answer the question in your module 2 guide.
Assignment:
1.) What is an x-ray? Who discovered x-rays and how?
2.) Why do bones show up on x-rays and not soft tissues?
3.) What can be done to soft tissues, like blood vessels to make them show up?
4.) How are CAT scans different from x-rays?
5.) What does CAT stand for?
6.) What can doctors diagnose after CAT scans?
7.) What is ultrasonography?
8.) How does it work?
9.) Name three reasons an obstetrician would want a pregnant mother to get an ultrasound?
Part 4
10.) Pick one more form of medical imaging and explain its purposes and how it works.