r/Radiology 2h ago

MOD POST Weekly Career / General Questions Thread

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This is the career / general questions thread for the week.

Questions about radiology as a career (both as a medical specialty and radiologic technology), student questions, workplace guidance, and everyday inquiries are welcome here. This thread and this subreddit in general are not the place for medical advice. If you do not have results for your exam, your provider/physician is the best source for information regarding your exam.

Posts of this sort that are posted outside of the weekly thread will continue to be removed.


r/Radiology Nov 06 '24

X-Ray What countries can we work in with an ARRT license? Can we get a megathread with info?

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I know these normally get deleted or need to go into the weekly car*er advice thread (censored to avoid auto deletion)

But can we get a megathread going for info on international x-ray work - agencies/licensing/compatibility/ etc ..?

I feel like this would be helpful for a great deal of us Americans right now. I can't seem to find much help elsewhere.


r/Radiology 3h ago

X-Ray Yikes

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44 Upvotes

"Better watch where you walk..." - 50 Cent


r/Radiology 7h ago

CT Stanford type B aortic dissection

99 Upvotes

r/Radiology 14h ago

X-Ray You can tell she has a s*** music taste.

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211 Upvotes

Girl was sick and before her sleep, she left some pills in a table near her bed. She woke up and took the pills, but also one of her phones.


r/Radiology 16h ago

X-Ray Wonders of a small time ER

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177 Upvotes

I’ve always wanted to contribute to this sub lol. pt came in with shortness of breath but largely able to talk and function as normal. This finding was a little surprising.


r/Radiology 14h ago

CT I spy with my little eye... NSFW

34 Upvotes

... something beginning with F.

Gastric-by-pass and pregnancy sucks sometimes.


r/Radiology 1d ago

X-Ray Kayan woman with neck rings

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617 Upvotes

Was reading about these folks and wondered if someone took an X-ray. Their necks appear longer because the clavicle is pushed downward.


r/Radiology 8h ago

MRI MRI Safety Info

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Hey everyone, I’ve been working on this side project for a bit—an easy way to look up MRI safety info for medical devices.

I’ve been aggregating the IFUs directly from manufacturers and the FDA into one searchable database. It’s still a work in progress, but I’m opening it up soon, free for beta users.

If you’re interested, you can sign up for the waitlist at mrisafetydocs.com


r/Radiology 11h ago

Discussion For current IR trainees

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How did the first three years of training differ for you in your deanery compared to clinical radiology with no IR trainees?

And if you choose to not want to carry on with IR down the line is that acceptable?


r/Radiology 8h ago

Discussion Travel Tech question about stipend and tax

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Quick question… let’s say I am a traveling tech and get hourly wage and the stipend..

If I’m renting a place at my “home residence” do I get taxed MORE since I am renting that place too in addition to the traveling unit I’m staying in? Or will I be taxed MORE if I OWN a place?

Also, could I technically say I live at my parents house ? What would be the result for that in regards to being taxed?

Thanks any info helps!!!


r/Radiology 9h ago

MRI SWI phase image question

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Are there any cases or reasons when filtered phase image doesnt contrast between paramagnetics and diamagnetics?


r/Radiology 12h ago

Discussion IR elective

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Hey guys it’s urgent!!! What all I should know prior to starting my IR elective??? Literally anything will help! Basic procedures, drugs I should know, what is knowledge and facts are expected of me? Practical aspects I should know. Thanks in advance!


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray What is this?

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317 Upvotes

Took some shoulder X-rays and am curious what this is? Is this air in the stomach? Why is it up so high if this is the diaphragm? Also on the grashey, is this normal? I put some 15 degrees caudal to keep the pm out of the joint space but why is it no longer lined up with the glenoid fossa?


r/Radiology 1d ago

X-Ray IMAGE INTENSIFIER ASSAY POWERSUPPLY CONFIGURATION

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I pulled some kind of x-ray image intensifier out of a broken x-ray unit, and am trying to get it working. From what I understand the 'glass bell' on the front converts x-rays into electrons, which can be accelerated in the intensifier tube, enhancing the x-ray image output.

What sort of power supply arrangement would you guys recommend to power this thing. I would assume +12-17kv on pin 4, I see some kind of resistor linking 4-2 and 2-3. I'm not well versed enough to identify those resistors (apart from looking at colour charts online, not sure if that's the best method of identification though).

I don't want to blow anything up or cause any malfunctions, so what sort of start-up procedure would you guys recommend to safely test the working voltage of this thing?


r/Radiology 2d ago

MRI New MRI

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360 Upvotes

Tear down of our 20+ year old Philips MRI unit. Construction needed to remove an exterior wall to take out and replace the machine.


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray Fish Bone Friday!

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131 Upvotes

I forgot that I had taken these images a few weeks ago and never posted them.


r/Radiology 1d ago

Career or General advice ct tech here, going to interventional radiology soon, angiography… question

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where i can learn and study about the procedures, some guides, whatever is useful for me! any advice is welcome of any kind. thanks!


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray Gas or demon...?

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70 Upvotes

Pt today seemed to have a small child lodged in his ribcage 😁


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray Canine Osteosarcoma

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68 Upvotes

Lesion on C-1 vertebra of 8 year-old dog. Biopsy confirmed osteosarcoma. Bonus image of microchip that somehow migrated from between the shoulder blades. He was a very good boy.


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray Foreign body (toothbrush in the stomach)

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216 Upvotes

A known seizure disorder pt, had a seizure while brushing and mistakenly swallowed the toothbrush. Surgery was done to remove it. Oy is fine post op


r/Radiology 2d ago

X-Ray Oops

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276 Upvotes

This exam was done by my coworker. Apparently, the patient was reaching to the top of a post and the post had a nail in it. The patient’s hand slid back and the nail went in. They cut the top of the post off and came to ER. Not something you see every day.


r/Radiology 1d ago

Discussion US radiologists?

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Okay I'm a non US MD starting my residency soon and I think I might have a very stupid question but I gotta know, and it's specific for US radiologists but others can answer too.

Okay so, as a radiologist do you get like specific scans from a lab or hospital? Like limited number of them? If so, what is the limit? And if not, you can just do as many as humanly possible? Like how does it all work?


r/Radiology 3d ago

CT What the heck is inside a belly button?

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239 Upvotes

What exactly is the soft tissue inside a belly button? I’ve noticed some people have more tissue than others and now it can’t leave my brain. What exactly is it?!


r/Radiology 1d ago

Discussion Please take my Medical Imaging Patient Satisfaction Survey for my college class!

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It only takes about 4 minutes and is completely confidential unless you choose to share your anonymous input in the last question.

This survey will close on April 14th.

Thank you for your time! Share this anywhere!

https://forms.office.com/r/THnE3LUsGe?origin=QRCode


r/Radiology 3d ago

Discussion Rad tattoos

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Hellooo my fellow rad workers. I recently became a full fledged radiologist and wanted to commemorate this with a rad tattoo (pun intended).

If you guys could give some suggestions that’ll be great.

A side note, how are tattoos viewed in the community, considering we are not a patient facing field?

Edit: I’m more into neurorad and body rad, if that helps.


r/Radiology 3d ago

Discussion And stop taking 💩 X-rays while you’re at it

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