healthcare

1. TOPIC 13
INTRODUCTION TO OTHER
HEALTHCARE TEAM
HC1023 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE
CERTIFICATES IN HEALTH SCIENCE
MDM SITI BAINUN BINTI MOHD DALI

2. SONOGRAPHER/
ULTRASOUND
TECHNICIAN

3. WHAT IS ULTRASOUND TECHNICIAN?
• An Ultrasound Technician, also known as a Sonographer, work with
equipment that directs very high frequency sound waves into the
body tissues to produce images or pictures of internal organs,
diseased masses, and fetuses.

4. JOB DESCRIPTION
• Uses special equipment to capture images of internal
body
• Perform ultrasound procedures
• Takes sonograms of body parts
• Sonograms used to diagnose/treat a variety of
medical conditions

5. WORK SETTINGS
• Hospitals
• Diagnostic laboratory
• Outpatient medical care centres
• Clinics

6. RELATED JOBS TO SONOGRAPHER
• Cardiovascular technician
• Cytotechnologist
• Electroneurodiagnostic technologist
• Medical imaging technician
• Nuclear medicine technologist
• Radiation therapist
• Radiologist

8. RADIOLOGIST/ MEDICAL
IMAGING

9. INTRODUCTION
• Radiology is the branch of medicine
that deals with imaging technology for
diagnosing and treating illness and
disease
• It includes X-rays, MRIs, CT scan, PET
scans, Ultrasound and nuclear imaging

10. DIFFERENT SPECIALIZATION OF MEDICAL
IMAGING TECHNOLOGIST
• Angiography: imaging of blood vessels and the heart
• Fluoroscopy: an X-ray test that examines the internal body and shows
moving images on a screen
• Mobile radiography: using special scanners for patients who are too
sick to travel
• Operating rooms: working in the OR to assist surgeons with special X-
ray equipment during operations
• Trauma radiography: working in emergency rooms.