PET Project: Radiologists Push Imaging Technologies in Developing Countries

Monday, August 2, 2010 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

Improvements in medical imaging technology have made computerized tomography (CT) scans , magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and other tools of radiology a routine part of any trip to the emergency room in the Western world. This is not the case, however, in many developing countries, which often lack the equipment, expertise and/or infrastructure to diagnose and treat health care problems with the help of radiology. [More] Radiology - X-ray computed tomography - Medicine - Magnetic resonance imaging - Health care

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