Medical X-ray imaging
X-ray medical imaging. Equipment and modalities

Let's not forget the obvious: the use of X-rays requires highly specialized skills, which is why it should be reserved for qualified personnel. It's a question of technical know-how (the complexity of the equipment), safety (exposure to radiation, both for the patient and for medical staff), and image interpretation (optimal exposure according to the desired objective, reading the image).

Radiologists or surgeons are not the only people who handle X-rays in a hospital or clinic (in particular, the technicians who handle the equipment and those who maintain it), X-ray rooms or surgeries are not the only places where X-ray equipment is found (think of dental surgeries), and X-ray equipment is scattered throughout the many departments of a large hospital (emergency, diagnostic, interventional, surgical rooms, etc.) (table 1...