First of all, the length of educational system is different.
1, medical imaging major: five years of study.
2. Medical imaging technology major: the length of study is four years.
Second, the professional categories are different.
1, medical imaging major: clinical medicine.
2. Medical imaging technology major: medical technology.
Third, the cultivation direction is different.
1. Medical imaging specialty: to cultivate advanced medical talents with basic theoretical knowledge and ability of basic medicine, clinical medicine and modern medical imaging, who can engage in medical imaging diagnosis, interventional radiology and medical imaging technology in medical and health units.
2. Medical imaging technology major: Medical imaging technology major trains high-tech application-oriented professionals who meet the needs of China's socialist modernization and medical and health development, develop morally, intellectually and physically in an all-round way, have basic theoretical knowledge and basic skills necessary for basic medicine, clinical medicine and modern medical imaging, and engage in clinical imaging examination, diagnosis and treatment technology.
What is medical imaging?
Medical imaging is an interdisciplinary subject, which records, copies, observes and analyzes medical images based on medical professional knowledge and applies modern physics, optics, computer science and other technical means and methods.
Medical imaging mainly studies the information recording, processing and interpretation of the shapes, structures, tissues, organs and functions of human beings and animals. It can also be used for clinical diagnosis, pathological research, drug efficacy evaluation, etc., and has become one of the important pillars of clinical medicine. Medical imaging is also called silver halide imaging, because the film (film) of the former is imaged with silver halide chemical photosensitive materials.
Medical images are widely used in clinic because of their high definition, high sensitivity and non-invasiveness. For example, by recording and processing images through X-ray, cinematography, digital display system and other technical means, we can accurately diagnose and treat diseases of tumors, cardiovascular system, nerves, bones and other systems.
With the rapid development of computer technology, the application fields of medical imaging are also expanding, including digital image micro-processing, computer-aided diagnosis, three-dimensional imaging and so on. Medical imaging includes two relatively independent research directions: medical imaging system and medical image processing.
Application of medical images;
Medical images can be used as medical AIDS for diagnosis and treatment, and also as scientific research means for life science research. Diagnosis mainly includes fluoroscopy, angiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, digital subtraction, angiography and so on. The main applications of therapy are interventional therapy and radiotherapy.
Many technologies in medical imaging have been widely used in scientific research. The development of medical imaging benefits from the rapid development of modern computer technology. It is combined with image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition technology, resulting in a new branch of computer technology-medical image processing.
Origin and development: 1895, the German physicist Roentgen discovered X-rays, which were quickly used to examine human diseases, and thus formed diagnostic radiology. In the past 30 years, CT, MRI, ultrasound and radionuclide imaging equipment have continuously improved their nuclear perfection, and the nuclear methods of inspection technology have been constantly innovated. Imaging diagnosis has developed from relying solely on morphological changes to combining morphology and function.