Radiographer, physicist, radiologist

The audience might feel attracted to any possible tips on how to decode CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, PET images. But this talk offers nothing whatsoever of that sort; one would be really disappointed. Interpreting and diagnosing medical images are part of a radiologist’s remit. I’m no radiologist. I’m a physicist. My role is to ensure that features on images faithfully represent the inside of the patient’s body. The radiographer’s role is to position the patient in the best possible way, execute the best possible protocol and present the images to the radiologist. Together the radiologist, the physicist and the radiographer work hand in hand, striving towards the best diagnosis — either true positives or true negatives, never false positives or false negatives.