Diagnostic vs Interventional Radiology? Do You Know the Difference?

Do you know the difference between diagnostic and interventional radiology?
The basic difference is diagnostic radiology primarily deals with diagnosing disease, and interventional radiology primarily deals with treating disease.
Let’s break that down further.
DR involves using medical imaging technology, such as x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, and various nuclear studies, to diagnose disease.
Diagnostic radiologists spend the majority of their time looking at finished scans and providing interpretations of them for the clinical physician who ordered the scan.
Interventional radiologists use medical imaging technology to treat and sometimes diagnose conditions. Using imaging guidance, IRs manipulate long thin tubes called catheters to the site or organ of interest and then perform a procedure.
These procedures are known as minimally invasive, and the patient recovers faster from a needlestick as opposed to a surgical incision.
Which path is right for you?
Diagnostic radiology is ideal for those who are curious, enjoy puzzles, value work-life balance, and don’t care about being the center of attention.
Interventional radiology is ideal for those who like diagnostic radiology but want to have a more direct impact on patients. If you enjoy procedures and are looking for a faster-paced environment, IR could be for you.
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