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Radiologists

Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.

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Investigative

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Realistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

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Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners

Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.

Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.

Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.

Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.

Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.

Provide counseling to radiologic patients to explain the processes, risks, benefits, or alternative treatments.

Instruct radiologic staff in desired techniques, positions, or projections.

Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.

Coordinate radiological services with other medical activities.

Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.

Establish or enforce standards for protection of patients or personnel.

Develop or monitor procedures to ensure adequate quality control of images.

Recognize or treat complications during and after procedures, including blood pressure problems, pain, oversedation, or bleeding.

Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and develop expertise.

Participate in quality improvement activities including discussions of areas where risk of error is high.

Perform interventional procedures such as image-guided biopsy, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, transhepatic biliary drainage, or nephrostomy catheter placement.

Develop treatment plans for radiology patients.

Administer radioisotopes to clinical patients or research subjects.

Advise other physicians of the clinical indications, limitations, assessments, or risks of diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioactive materials.

Calculate, measure, or prepare radioisotope dosages.

Check and approve the quality of diagnostic images before patients are discharged.

Compare nuclear medicine procedures with other types of procedures, such as computed tomography, ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography.

Direct nuclear medicine technologists or technicians regarding desired dosages, techniques, positions, and projections.

Establish and enforce radiation protection standards for patients and staff.

Formulate plans and procedures for nuclear medicine departments.

Monitor handling of radioactive materials to ensure that established procedures are followed.

Prescribe radionuclides and dosages to be administered to individual patients.

Review procedure requests and patients' medical histories to determine applicability of procedures and radioisotopes to be used.

Teach nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, or other specialties at graduate educational level.

Test dosage evaluation instruments and survey meters to ensure they are operating properly.

Radiologists

Overview

Career

What Radiologists Do

Other Job Titles Radiologists May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Radiologists

Overview

Career

What Radiologists Do

Other Job Titles Radiologists May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Radiologists

Majors Related to Career