Any Radiological Technologists in here?
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I am a radiographer in a Level 1 trauma center earning an average of $41.00 per hour, so a million times, YES, I think it's worth it.  I don't know a single college graduate who is making more money than I am, and I'm actually happy at my job!  The work is challenging, interesting and rewarding, both emotionally and financially.  Also, there are many opportunities for advancement in the field which don't require much more education (I am currently 6 months into a 1 year certificate program in Radiation Therapy.) Good luck!
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http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/218/2/317\nthis might help.
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I would consider taking the program in Canada.\nThe programs are much better.\nThey are more intense but provide you witha much better background in radiation and radiographic knowledge.\nI kow many people who have taken programs in the US and found that they were not nearly as qualified as students of a Canadian college.\nCheck out: Fanshawe College, Mohawk College or Michiner Institute for some of the best in Canada.
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http://www.orau.org/ptp/museumdirectory.htm\n\ngo to this link.  it has one of the finest museums on-line dealing with the detection of radiation...and other neat stuff
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Radiology is considered SCIENCE...\n\n1 : the science of radioactive substances and high-energy radiations \n2 : a branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy (as X rays or ultrasound) in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
1132959
Well, you could start with a list of possible schools.  Here's a list of schools near Atlanta:\n\nhttp://local.yahoo.com/results;_ylt=AkOG2SafD6OWU6YE.9yhpeOHNcIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBtbGZ2dXFpBF9zAzk2NjEzNzY3BHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?stx=radiography+school&csz=Atlanta%2C+GA&fr=FP-tab-web-t400\n\nGood luck!
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We would need to know what kind of imaging programs you have on you, otherwise we can't help ^_^; sorry.
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yes \n\nbut life of this career is 15 years because of exposure to xrays indirectly , what will you do after that 15 years?
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Radiology technician. The pay would depend on the hospital and in what country. Most community colleges in the US offer a program of two years. I like radiology and considered it as a specialty at one time.
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Timeline for imaging technologies:\nhttp://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3753\n\nUltrasound was discovered in the 1950s:\nhttp://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3759\n\nHistory of X-Ray in a PowerPoint presentation\nhttp://physics.ramapo.edu/downloads/XrayHist.ppt\n\nA Century of Radiology:\nhttp://www.xray.hmc.psu.edu/rci/centennial.html\n\nAn excellent science-specific search engine (for the rest of your research, especially where journal abstracts are needed):\nhttp://www.scirus.com/
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I think it is a very good website.\n\nhttp://www.ncrr.nih.gov/biomedical_tech.asp
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There was an article in the New England Journal of Medicine this week (won't expect that you've read it...) about the outsourcing of Radiology to India, meaning a small number of hospitals are electronically sending off CT scans, x-rays etc. to be read by radiologists living in India (to be fair they are assumed to have had residency training in the U.S. although the article states they have experimented briefly with Indian trained radiologists). The article says this may herald the beginning of outsourcing medicine. There are already "virtual" ICU's...doctors sitting in remote area's monitoring ICU patients by real time video. \n\nPersonally on a whole, I think this is not a great idea. There are people in this country who are unemployed and might want one of those call-center jobs that Dell has exported to Bangalore. And I'd rather be able to walk down to radiology to speak with a radiologist about specific details of a CT, sometimes this little extra effort has made a great deal of difference. Just thoughts.
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East coast fl...I am a Surgical Tech but my aunt is head of the Radiography department. X-ray techs are a vital part of the healthcare industry. It is a reliable and growing field. Ask a local hospital if you can do a "shadow" of the department. Tell them you are going to be entering the program and would like to see how and what is envolved. You can also specialize in areas such as ultra sound tech to. YOu can do both and be more valuable. Try payscale.com for pay. Realize though that you have to consider the type of place, Hospital, or private practice, and many times you can get job placement through school. I hope that you really check on this it is a great area of healthcare.
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www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5061927 \n\nhttp://www.worldcatlibraries.org/search?q=su%3ASignal+processing+Digital+techniques+Periodicals.&qt=hot_subject\n\nthe bottom one is a list of journals, should be some ideas in those.
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/radiation/dir/mstreet/commeet/meet1/brief1/br1j.txt\n\nThe first 3 are covered there.
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I would first check into the schools accreditation. Is it recognized by the various national radiology organizations? If not, your degree wouldn't be worth anything more than the paper it's printed on!
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Four years college.  Four years medical school. Several years training in the radiolgy specialty, internship, etc.  \nIf you mean a radiology technician - it's a lot less.