Radiology – Types of Imaging Explained

Radi­ol­o­gy imag­ing is a crit­i­cal com­po­nent of health­care used as a tool in med­i­cine to show parts of the body. But have you ever won­dered why your physi­cian referred you for a CT scan instead of an MRI, or what Nuclear Med­i­cine is used for? If so, this info­graph­ic is an easy ref­er­ence chart that high­lights the dif­fer­ent types of diag­nos­tic imag­ing and what they’re used for.

If you’re physi­cian referred you for diag­nos­tic imag­ing, you can request an appoint­ment online or call 630−545−7880.