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Medical Imaging
MRI. CT. X-ray.
Why mention medical imaging on a site built to showcase web design skill? In a word - Creativity. It is easy to dismiss more technical fields of expertise as lacking the need for creative imagination. However, after spending seventeen years in the medical field as an imaging technologist, I can confirm that there is ample opportunity for creativity within the field of medical imaging. Since all medical records are considered legal documents, the thousands of medical imaging exams I've performed cannot be shown here. Nonetheless, personal examples of medical and creative expertise can be shown here with a bit of innovation.
MRI
I remember a patient that required a foot MRI. The problem was that he was possessed of large feet and was wearing a cast to boot. This meant that he couldn't fit in the standard MRI foot coil (which would provide optimum images). In response, I used one of the older head coils, called a birdcage, to scan the cast-encased foot. While not optimum for the foot, through some protocol manipulation, the birdcage coil allowed for the creation of a quality diagnostic scan without the need to remove the cast.
Computed Tomography
Much of medical imaging deals with the simple issue of getting people to hold still. While this sounds simple, in practice, it can be exceedingly difficult. I remember dozens of occasions where the patient was drugged, incoherent, and unable to hold still during their CT scan. Though frowned upon at some sites, in practice, I often found that the only way to get such patients to hold still was to immobilize them, sometimes using immobilization devices that were improvised!
Spatial Reasoning
During my X-ray salad days, I remember performing a Cervical Spine series on a very elderly man who was severely Kyphotic. This means his neck was angled forward to the point where his chin touched his chest. Since a cervical series is generally shot with the patient standing upright with the chin tilted back, we had a real logistical challenge. I ended up shooting part of the series through the back of the neck. The results were rather good considering his unique anatomy.
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