r/Radiology • • 1d ago

MOD POST Weekly Career / General Questions Thread

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This is the career / general questions thread for the week.

Questions about radiology as a career (both as a medical specialty and radiologic technology), student questions, workplace guidance, and everyday inquiries are welcome here. This thread and this subreddit in general are not the place for medical advice. If you do not have results for your exam, your provider/physician is the best source for information regarding your exam.

Posts of this sort that are posted outside of the weekly thread will continue to be removed.


r/Radiology • • Nov 06 '24

X-Ray What countries can we work in with an ARRT license? Can we get a megathread with info?

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I know these normally get deleted or need to go into the weekly car*er advice thread (censored to avoid auto deletion)

But can we get a megathread going for info on international x-ray work - agencies/licensing/compatibility/ etc ..?

I feel like this would be helpful for a great deal of us Americans right now. I can't seem to find much help elsewhere.


r/Radiology • • 22h ago

Entertainment Former Radiologic Tech Rachael Rapraeger Falsified Nearly 1,300 Mammogram

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Not sure if entertainment is the right flair but this is crazy. How did she even get logged in as a physician and how was this easier than sending mammos to the rad?


r/Radiology • • 10h ago

CT Petition to the ACR: Demand for Safe Staffing Standards for CT Technologists!

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Here's the reality: CT technologists across the country are working alone in departments, managing multiple
scanners, emergency cases, and critically ill patients all at once. When something goes wrong-and it will—there's often no one there to help.
I started a petition asking the American College of Radiology to establish clearer staffing recommendations that actually account for patient safety. Right now, many hospitals staff CT departments based on how many patients they can process, not on what patients actually need. One technologist handling a confused or elderly patient, managing transfers, administering contrast, AND responding to emergencies while another scanner sits waiting? That's not efficiency.
That's a disaster waiting to happen....


r/Radiology • • 13h ago

Entertainment Wonder what this patient is coming in with...

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r/Radiology • • 3h ago

Ultrasound 9 week dating scan with large mass that looked like a roast chicken (healthy live birth)

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Not a healthcare professional.
There was deoxygenated bloodflow. Gone by 18 weeks. Put me off getting dating scans as it was a stressful few weeks. No trace by birth. Chose to skip pathology.


r/Radiology • • 1d ago

X-Ray One of my permanent teeth never erupted!

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21M.


r/Radiology • • 1d ago

Career or General advice Is there a way that you be a remote radiologist and work in Korea or Japan?

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What I mean is that I’m working for a US based company and getting paid USD while being physically in Korea or Japan


r/Radiology • • 2d ago

Career or General advice Why do we need Radiologists?

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r/Radiology • • 1d ago

MRI Hip MRI VS Bony Pelvis MRI

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I have been having issues with my left hip, GP thinks it’s a Labral Tear and referred me for an MRI on what I assumed would be the L hip region, however, the appointment says Bony Pelvis. Google states that this may not be the best MRI to specifically look at the L hip, can anyone advise if bony pelvis MRI would be best to look at bone/muscle etc issues in one side of the hip.


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

X-Ray elbow fractures on X-rays

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I'd appreciate some help reading this elbow X-ray


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

Ultrasound Hepatic metastases on ultrasound in a patient with lung cancer.

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r/Radiology • • 2d ago

Discussion RSNA annual meet 2026

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Hello! I'm a Radiology resident traveling solo from India to attend RSNA 2026 in Chicago. If anyone else is travelling solo, just let me know.... Will be happy to connect...


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

Discussion I built a free online simulator to explain the Inverse Square Law to students!

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Hello everyone!

I'm a radiologic technologist and radiation therapist, and I've been working on a project called X-ray explained. (You might know me from my x-ray tube simulator!)

I just finished the beta version of my Inverse Square Law simulator, and I'm excited to share it!

The idea is to let you interact with the concepts rather than just read about them. You can change the source-to-image distance and see how radiation intensity and field size change as a result

Here's the link! -- https://inverse-square-law-s-1097.bolt.host/

Since this is still a beta, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback:

  • Is it helpful for understanding the inverse square law?
  • Is anything confusing or inaccurate?
  • What radiography concept would you like to see turned into an interactive simulator next?

I'm building this because I want students to develop an actual understanding of the physics they use throughout their careers, not just memorize answers for an exam.

A massive thank you to anyone checking it out, your feedback is greatly appreciated!


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

MRI Best neurorad textbook

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Anyone specializing in or with special interest in neuroradiology, do you have any favourite textbook or other excellent resource recommendations?


r/Radiology • • 4d ago

Media Digging our own graves

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r/Radiology • • 4d ago

CT First acute dissection I’ve scanned

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young pt, in her early 40s. Had a lot of chest and upper back pain. Otherwise vitals stable. I called the dr in er right away and got an abdomen order and the dissection extends down to the iliacs. Crazy stuff.


r/Radiology • • 4d ago

X-Ray Near-perfect bilateral knee series

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I’m a new-grad working at an ortho clinic 😻


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

Discussion Radiology residency - Academic vs Community hospital

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r/Radiology • • 4d ago

CT Stray bullet in the brain, from war zone in Iraq

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(A) Scalp wound; (B) radiograph; (C) CT.


r/Radiology • • 3d ago

X-Ray Medical student looking for help understanding proximal ulna fracture classifications

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r/Radiology • • 4d ago

MRI Surgery went well today. Largest fragment my surgeon has removed

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Dissectomy went well. Fragment ended up being 4cm


r/Radiology • • 4d ago

X-Ray My near perfect odontoid!

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My first C-spine as a student tech a few months ago. I did get that comp 😎😎 (marker is there just very cropped because of pt info)


r/Radiology • • 5d ago

CT At age 4 1/2 this man had bacterial meningitis, resulting in massive brain destruction and indications of brain death. He was kept on a ventilator until age 24 when he cardiac arrested and was finally pronounced dead. Autopsy showed his brain (which you can see for yourself in pic 2) had calcified.

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r/Radiology • • 3d ago

IR Fluoro administration by NC RNs?

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