Are We Too Reliant on Medical Imaging?

Imaging is used every day in medical healthcare, and the likelihood is that if you go to hospital that you will receive an X-ray, ultrasound or CT scan. With increasing reliance on complex imaging and the NHS now at breaking point, this lecture asks whether we have become too reliant on imaging and if so, how that manifests in today’s healthcare.

This lecture assesses the potential advantages and disadvantages of such a system and what the potential solutions might be.

A lecture by Professor Owen Arthurs

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:

[susansherlock]

Turning to animals and vets, I am surprised how often vets will perform ultrasounds on pets, especially if you have pet insurance...

[marievictoire]

Where are the greatest number of images prescribed?
In dental practice.

[TheDudeKicker]

You don't use "coils" to remove ischemic blockages. Coils are used for aneurysms.

[Robespierre-lI]

Surely the real question is "How reliable is medical imaging as a diagnostic tool?"

[danielhopkins]

So the radiation from a CAT scan is comparable to the radiation from a banana; that's bananas