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Today is #InternationalDayofRadiology.

X-ray imaging exams can save lives and X-ray guided interventions may replace more invasive surgery bit.ly/2q9Urpw

@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO #InternationalDayofRadiology commemorates the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm C. Roentgen on 8 November 1895 bit.ly/2q9Urpw

📷: Fotogravyr General Stabens Litografiska Anstalt

@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO Conventional medical and dental radiography uses X-rays to visualize the internal organ and structures of the body - including film-based techniques as well as digital technologies bit.ly/2JEdoaG

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@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO A computed tomography or #CTscan uses X-rays to get 2D and 3D images of the body, showing details of organs which are not available on conventional radiographs bit.ly/33eJgut

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@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO Fluoroscopy is an example of X-ray guided intervention. It works like a video showing real-time liquid X-ray dyes (i.e. “contrast”) passing through different organs and/or objects moving within the body bit.ly/2NfhxnD

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@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO X-ray-guided interventions are used for a variety of procedures, incl. performing biopsies, placing tubes, performing fluid drainage, inserting catheters in arteries and veins and treating conditions such as heart problems, blood clots, tumors, trauma, etc.

@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO For many years after Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895 they remained the only method for visualizing the interior of the body.
Today X-rays provide an essential tool for diagnosis and treatment of disease and injuries

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@WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO Imaging exams that do not use X-rays:
🔳 Ultrasound
🔳 Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI
bit.ly/2JEdoaG

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Using radiation in medical imaging can save lives and prevent the need for more invasive procedures, but inappropriate use may lead to unnecessary and unintended radiation doses for patients bit.ly/33hA48#

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If patients and families are not properly informed about the risks and benefits of an imaging procedure, they may make choices that are more harmful rather than beneficial to their health - such as refusing a CT scan that is needed or demanding a scan that is not justified