Slide #20 What is Radiology? Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Magnetic properties of water molecules in the body are used to create images No ionizing radiation used  Exceptional resolution Good for looking at the brain and spinal cord as well as soft tissues such as muscles Information can be reformatted to show 3D pictures     This presentation consists of 49 slides: Simply click the "Next" Arrow to go forward. You may jump to any point in the presentation by clicking the links below.

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1. Opening Slide: What is Radiology
2. What is Radiology? ...continued
3. What is a radiologist?
4. What about radiation?
5. What are sources of exposure?
6. What are sources of exposure? ...continued
7. What about Radiation? Cancer (most commonly, Leukemia)
8. So what is the real risk?
9. Conventional X-Rays
10. Examples of X-Rays in action
11. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
12. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
13. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
14. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
15. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
16. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
17. Examples of X-Rays in action ...continued
18. Ultrasound
19. Example of ultrasound image
20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
21. Examples of MRI scans
22. Examples of MRI scans ...continued
23. CT scans
24. Examples of CT Scanning - What should I expect?
25. Examples of CT Scanning - Normal anatomy
26. Examples of CT Scanning - Hiatus Hernia
27. Examples of New CT Techniques - Hepatic Adenoma
28. Examples of New CT Techniques - Hepatic Adenoma ...continued
29. Examples of New CT Techniques - Hepatic Adenoma ...continued
30. Examples of New CT Techniques - Appendicitis ...continued
31. Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) - Kidney stones
32. Examples of CT Scanning- Kidney stones
33. Examples of CT Scanning - Kidney stones ...continued
34. Examples of CT Scanning - Kidney stones ...continued
35. New developments in CT Scans
36. CT Angiography - What is an angiogram?
     (more on this subject in the presentation "What is Interventional Radiology
37. What is a CT Angiogram
38. What is a CT Angiogram used for?
39. Examples of CT Angiography - Kidney Transplant
40. Examples of CT Angiography - Kidney Transplant Donor
41. Examples of CT Angiography - Kidney Transplant Donor ...continued
42. Examples of CT Angiography - Kidney Transplant
43. Examples of CT Angiography - Atherosclerosis in the leg arteries
44. Examples of CT Angiography - Postoperative evaluation
45. CT Colonography - What is colonography
46. CT Colonography - How is it done?
47. Summary

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