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This 3 page paper discusses medical imaging and how it is used in the diagnosis of cancer; it also considers radiation as a cancer treatment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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treating cancer in particular. Medical Imaging Medical imaging is "the process by which physicians evaluate an area of the subjects body that is not externally visible" (Medical imaging, 2006). The
technician who directs medical imaging is the radiologist, and "the medical aspects are known as radiology" (Medical imaging, 2006). The technical aspects of the process are called "radiography" and the
technicians involved there are the "radiographer or radiologic technologist" (Medical imaging, 2006). There are many different types of medical imaging systems; the most common, and the most familiar, are x-rays
(formally known as radiographs), fluoroscopy, tomography (a way of looking at "slices" of an object), ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (Medical imaging, 2006). Medical imaging is a great step
forward in medicine; the "New England Journal of Medicine calls medical imaging one of the most important medical developments of the past 1,000 years-ranking with such milestones as the discovery
of anesthesia and the discovery of antibiotics" (Medical imaging in cancer care: charting the progress, 2006; hereafter "Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006"). Medical imaging is particularly important with regard
to fighting cancer, since it can be used to "screen diagnose, and stage cancer; guide cancer treatments; determine if a treatment is working; monitor cancer recurrence; and facilitate medical research"
(Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006). Medical imagine detects cancer early when it is "at its most curable stage-and, in many cases, when it is least costly to treat"
(Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006). A method called "molecular imaging" goes even further, "detecting disease at the cellular level, before any symptoms or signs are noticeable" (Medical imaging in
cancer care, 2006). When cancers are discovered early, there are more treatment options available, many of them less invasive than traditional methods (Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006). When treatments
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