concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: radiology

health sciences
type: Concept
narrower: radiology

interventional radiology
type: Concept
broader: radiology

medical technology
type: Concept
narrower: radiology

medicine
type: Concept
narrower: radiology

microwave radiology
type: Concept
broader: radiology

nuclear medicine
type: Concept
broader: radiology

radiation oncology
type: Concept
broader: radiology

radiation technology
type: Concept
narrower: radiology

radiography
type: Concept
broader: radiology

radiology
type: Concept
broader: medicine
broader: radiation technology
broader: medical technology
broader: health sciences
definition: Radiology is a branch of medicine whereby radiologists use medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat particular diseases. Originally, it was largely connected with the use of X-ray machines and similar devices to photograph parts of people to assist doctors in diagnosis, but is not the radiology involving a wider range of machines and imaging devices. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Radiology]
narrower: radiography
narrower: radiation oncology
narrower: nuclear medicine
narrower: microwave radiology
narrower: interventional radiology