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Preferred term
radiology
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]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/radiology
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