Understanding Radiology: What is a Radiologist?

We use our imaging tools,

our X-rays and our sonograms,

our CAT scans and our MRIs

to help the team

understand

what the disease is,

where the disease is,

and when it's responding to therapy,

and we do that by making images of the human anatomy.

So, as a radiologist my specialty really is human anatomy

and the way that anatomy is affected by certain disease processes,

and then my job is to communicate that

to the doctor who's taking care of the patient.

And so, it's a very exciting time to be in the world

of medical imaging we have a lot of tools in the toolbox.