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​​​​​​ media type="custom" key="5526539" width="402" height="292" align="right" __ Radiology __

​ ** About My Career: ** ** A radiologist is a physician who has specialized training in obtaining and interpreting medical images, which makes him or her an imaging expert

Why I Chose This Career: ** **I have Choosen Radiologist because, ever since my brother broke his arm I thought it was amazing at what they doctors were looking at. They saw every little broken part of his bone, and i just thought it was the coolest thing. So I have been to colleges to make sure this is what I want to do. It's what I choose to be when I get older.**  Picture: X-ray machine

**Skills Required: ** **To become a radiologist, you need to go to medical school (4 years), do an Internship (1 year) before doing a Residency in Radiology (4 years) and possibly some sub-specialty training (1 -2 years).** **Education Required: ** **To become a radiologist you have to be a fully trained and accredited medical doctor. You will need the standard 4 years of undergraduate study, followed by medical school and residency. In most cases, radiologists must be board certified, which means taking and passing an exam to earn approval to practice from the American Board of Radiology or other governing body. ** ** What do radiologist do? :media type="youtube" key="r7A9NRDfl-k" width="283" height="210" align="right" ** **They are the medical personnel who perform diagnostic imaging examinations, including mammography and computerized tomography. Radiologist are responsible for accurately positioning patients and ensuring that a quality diagnostic image is produced. Also, they work closely with patients, doctors, and other health professionals as part of the interdisciplinary health care team**. ​ ​ <span style="color: #0046ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%;"> **Where do Radiologist work? :** hospitals, clinics, and some private medical practices**
 * A radiologist works wherever x-rays are taken:

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">** How Mathemathics is used: ** ===<span style="color: #ff6d00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - Radiology is based on a number of physic related principles, but it isn't the type of physics that works with a huge number of formulas or math problems. ===

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">EXAMPLES:
===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - If there are irregularities (caused by tumors, lesions, et cetera), there are irregularities in the electrical signals. She needs to take sums or differences of the voltages, and can apply various digital filters to the data to eliminate noise, or to eliminate a known signal from the rest to see if there are irregularities in what's left. ===

===<span style="color: #4bff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 131%;">How much money does this career pay?: === ===<span style="color: #ef0bef; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">Radiology is one of the most lucrative medical specialties a physician can practice. According to the Medical Group Management Association, general diagnostic radiologists earn **$470,939** on average. Interventional radiologists, who have completed additional fellowship training in interventional radiology, earn **$507,508** on average. ===

<span style="color: #ffed00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">How I plan on getting there:
===<span style="color: #e91c27; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">First thing i need to do is to graduate high school. I need to work hard to get my grades up and be able to get into the college I want. The college I want to attend Mercer University. I will attend there for 4 years to get my bachelors degree. Then after that try to do an internship, or if possible get a job in a hospital. === ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ===

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