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Radiologic technologists
Radiologic technologists and technicians take x rays and administer nonradioactive materials into patients' blood streams for diagnostic purposes. Some specialize in diagnostic imaging technologies such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
In addition to radiologic technologists and technicians, others who assist in diagnostic imaging procedures include cardiovascular technologists and technicians, diagnostic medical sonographers, and nuclear medicine technologists.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos105.htmNuclear medicine technologists
In nuclear medicine, radionuclides -- unstable atoms that emit radiation spontaneously -- are used to diagnose and treat disease. Radionuclides are purified and compounded like other drugs to form radiopharmaceuticals. Nuclear medicine technologists administer these radiopharmaceuticals to patients, then monitor the characteristics and functions of tissues or organs in which they localize. Abnormal areas show higher or lower concentrations of radioactivity than normal.
=> Nuclear medicine technologists operate cameras that detect and map the radioactive drug in the patient's body to create an image on photographic film or a computer monitor.
=> Radiologic technologists and technicians also operate diagnostic imaging equipment, but their equipment creates an image by projecting an x ray through the patient.
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078.361-034 RADIATION-THERAPY TECHNOLOGIST (medical ser.)
078.362-054 SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, CT SCAN (medical ser.)
alternate titles: ct technologist
078.362-058 SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) (medical ser.)
alternate titles: magnetic resonance imaging technologist