Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic imaging refers to technologies that doctors use to look inside your body for clues about a medical condition. A variety of machines and techniques can create pictures of the structures and activities inside your body. The technology your doctor uses will depend on your symptoms and the part of your body being examined. X-rays, CT scans, nuclear medicine scans, MRI scans and ultrasound are all types of diagnostic imaging.

Many imaging tests are painless and easy. Some require you to stay still for a long time inside a machine, though. This can be uncomfortable. Certain tests involve radiation, but these are generally considered safe because the dosage is very low.

For some imaging tests, a tiny camera attached to a long, thin tube is inserted in your body. This tool is called a scope. The doctor moves it through a body passageway or opening to see inside a particular organ, such as your heart, lungs or colon. These procedures often require anesthesia.

External Resources

Atlas of Hematology and Hematology - Diagnostic Approach - CDROMs with 1500 color images and 4000 color slides and pictures. By Professor John Meletis.

Machinery Condition Monitoring - Resources for Process, Maintenance & Condition Monitoring Engineers, and focuses on PdM techniques such as Vibration Monitoring & Diagnostics, Thermal Imaging, Ultrasonic Testing and Used Oil Analysis.

DI Scan Newsletter - Diagnostic Imaging SCAN is the biweekly newsletter of up-to-the-minute coverage of the rapidly changing global medical imaging industry. Subscribers receive the most recent developments and cutting-edge news in MRI, CT, x-ray, ultrasound, PACS, nuclear medicine, and mammography.

NanoLight Technologies - Marine bioluminescent and fluorescent proteins for medical diagnostics, tumor imaging, and drug discovery.

Cedara Software - Software for medical diagnostic imaging, image management, and image-guided therapy.

Hamamatsu Photonics - Offers detector, lamp and imaging system solutions for OEMs and researchers. The devices and modules are used in medical diagnostics, medical imaging, NDT, analytical instruments and industrial controls.

Redlen Technologies - CZT semiconductor radiation detectors for solid state diagnostic medical imaging systems.

ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc. - Develops, manufactures and markets automated intelligent microscope system which uses proprietary imaging technologies for diagnostic and research applications. Investort relations and contacts in Southport, England and California. (Nasdaq: CVSN).

GE Healthcare - Provides services and distributes products for disease research, drug discovery, biopharmaceuticals, medical imaging, information technologies, and medical diagnostics.

Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer - News, images, data, and information about the CDS instrument on SOHO.

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