Dec 22, 2008

Areas of specialty

Medical imaging
* Diagnostic radiology, including x-rays, fluoroscopy, mammography, Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, angiography and Computed tomography
* Ultrasound, including intravascular ultrasound
* Non-ionising radiation (Lasers, Ultraviolet etc.)
* Nuclear medicine, including SPECT and positron emission tomography (PET)
* Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other methods for functional neuroimaging of the brain.
o For example, nuclear magnetic resonance (often referred to as magnetic resonance imaging to avoid the common concerns about radiation), uses the phenomenon of nuclear resonance to image the human body.
* Magnetoencephalography
* Electrical impedance tomography
* Diffuse optical imaging
* Optical coherence tomography


Treatment of disease

* Defibrillation
* High intensity focussed ultrasound, including lithotripsy
* Interventional radiology
* Non-ionising radiation Lasers, Ultraviolet etc. including photodynamic therapy and Lasik
* Nuclear medicine, including unsealed source radiotherapy
* Photomedicine, the use of light to treat and diagnose disease
* Radiotherapy
o TomoTherapy
o Cyberknife
o Gamma knife
o Proton therapy
o Brachytherapy
o Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
* Sealed source radiotherapy
* Terahertz radiation


Physiological measurement techniques


Used to monitor and measure various physiological parameters. Many physiological measurement techniques are non-invasive and can be used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, other invasive methods.

* Electrocardiography
* Electromyography
* Electroencephalography
* Electronystagmography
* Endoscopy
* Medical ultrasonography
* Non-ionising radiation (Lasers, Ultraviolet etc.)
* Near infrared spectroscopy
* Pulse oximetry
* Blood gas monitor
* Blood pressure measurement


Radiation protection

* Background radiation
* Radiation protection
* Dosimetry
* Health Physics
* Radiological Protection of Patients


Medical computing and mathematics

* Medical informatics
* Telemedicine
* Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS)
* DICOM
* Tomographic reconstruction, an ill-posed inverse problem
* Advanced Digital Imaging Solutions Laboratory[ADISL]

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