The difference between medical imaging and medical imaging technology is as follows:
Medical imaging and medical imaging technology both belong to the medical imaging program. One is in the technical direction and the other is in the diagnostic direction.
Medical imaging technology is more oriented to science and technology, such as physics, computer programming requirements are higher, VB, C language, macro assembly, microcontroller have to learn, and of course, image processing, so the English requirements are also high, are operated in English.
Medical imaging is closer to the clinical, clinical students have to learn, have to learn, including surgery. However, the computer and physics requirements for medical imaging are very low and are limited electives. For example, medical image processing, 36 hours of medical imaging, 108 hours of medical imaging technology.
Medical imaging graduates can get a physician's license, not a technician's license.
Medical imaging technology belongs to the category of medical technology, non-clinical medicine, after graduation can be certified as a technician, can not be certified as a physician.
Expansion:
Medical imaging focuses on the recording, processing and interpretation of information about the shape, structure, organization, organs and function of the human and animal body. It can also be used for clinical diagnosis, pathology research, drug efficacy assessment, etc. It has now become one of the important pillars of clinical medicine. Medical imaging is also known as silver halide imaging, because once upon a time the film (film) was imaged with the light-sensitive material silver halide chemical sensitizer.
Because medical imaging is characterized by high definition, high sensitivity, and non-invasiveness, it has been widely used in clinical practice. For example, image recording and processing by technical means such as X-rays, cinematographic films, and digital display systems allow precise diagnosis and treatment of pathological conditions of tumors, cardiovascular, neurological, and skeletal systems.
With the rapid development of computer technology, the application field of medical imaging is also expanding, including digital image microprocessing, computer-aided diagnosis, three-dimensional imaging and other directions. Medical imaging includes medical imaging systems and medical image processing two relatively independent research direction.
Applications of medical imaging:
Medical imaging can be used as a medical aid for diagnosis and treatment, but also as a means of scientific research for life science research. Diagnosis mainly includes fluoroscopy, radiographs, CT, MRI, ultrasound, digital subtraction, angiography and so on. Treatment is mainly applied to interventional therapy, radiotherapy and other aspects.
Many of the techniques in medical imaging have gained wide application in the scientific research industry. The development of medical imaging has benefited from the rapid advances in modern computer technology, and its combination with image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition technology has resulted in a new branch of computer technology - medical image processing.
Origin and development: In 1895, the German physicist R?ntgen discovered X-rays, which were soon used for human disease examination, and thus formed the diagnostic radiology. In the past 30 years, CT, MRI, ultrasound and nuclide imaging equipment in the continuous improvement of nuclear perfection, checking the technical nuclear method is also constantly innovative, diagnostic imaging has developed from a single rely on morphology changes in the diagnosis of a set of morphology, function and so on.