Occupational Employment Statistics
29-1224 Radiologists
Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.
| Education and Health Services | 450 | N/A |
- Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
- Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
- Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
- Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
- Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
- Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.
- Coordinate radiological services with other medical activities.
- Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.
- Provide counseling to radiologic patients to explain the processes, risks, benefits, or alternative treatments.
- Develop treatment plans for radiology patients.