RADIOLOGY BRANCHES

BRANCHES OF RADIOLOGY

Radiology can be divided into branches according to medical applications:

1.)Diagnostic radiology
concerned with the use of various imaging modalities to aid in the diagnosis of disease.
2.)Therapeutic Radiology
utilizes radiation for therapy of disease.
3.)Interventional radiology
uses imaging to guide therapeutic procedures.
4.)Neuroradiology
The sub-specialty in the field of Central nervous system imaging.
5.)Interventional Neuroradiology
uses imaging to guide therapeutic procedures in the head, neck and spine.
6.)Musculoskeletal radiology
The sub-specialty in the field of bone, joint and muscular imaging.
7.)Pediatric Radiology
This is a subspecialty of Radiology that specializes in the imaging of children and adolescents.
8.)Nuclear Medicine
This is a subspecialty of Radiology that uses radioisotopes in the characterization of lesions and disease processes, and often yields functional information.
9.)Radiation therapy
uses radiation to treat diseases such as cancer. While originally encompassed within radiology, radiation oncology is now a separate field.
10.)Other subspecialties are divided by anatomic section: Chest, Abdomen, Musculoskeletal, Genitourinary, in many hospitals Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology are within the same Neurology subspecialty.
11.)Nuclear Medicine, Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology and Pediatric Radiology have subspecialty Board qualifications under the American Board of Radiology