In our society today, Technology has seemed to impact the importance of various internal digestive, circulatory and respiratory body systems. With all the countless benefits from technology such as, health care, health administration, and alternative care delivery systems, our world will soon turn into a technology everything! The computers and different devices play such a huge role when it comes to the amount of health care personnel today and it is slowly impacting our health care costs because there will always be a continuation of improvement in productivity. With more and more technology being brought into our society, future doctors and surgeons will have an easier and more greater appreciation for what technology can offer.
Devices like x-ray's, ultra sounds, and MRI scans can really help patients in any situation. Patient records of their past appearances can be quickly brought out using a PDA or even a PC. When a patient is on his or her way to hospitals there can be pictures sent by paramedics from the accident site to help the emergency hospital assess and prepare for treatment when the patient is on his or her way to the hospital.
Importance of technology in health care sector has helped us develop many ways of diagnosing dangerous diseases. The vaccinations, drugs and medicines developed with great amount of research with technology has helped to save the life of millions of people across the globe. This has increased the survival rate in all parts of the world. Technological advancement in field of medicine has helped patients from backward nations get good health care facilities.
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light. The machine sends the individual x-ray particles called photons. When the particles past through the body a computer orspecial film records the images that are created.The parts of your body appear light or dark due to the different rates that your tissues absorb the X-rays. Calcium in bones absorbs X-rays the most, so bones look white on the radiograph. Fat and other soft tissues absorb less, and look gray. Air absorbs least, so lungs look black. X-rays examinations are quick and easy and the amount of exposure to radiation is slight.
Ultrasounds involve exposing part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body. Ultrasound exams do not use ionizing radiation because ultrasound images are captured in real-time and they can show the structure and movement of the body's internal organs, as well as blood flowing through blood vessels. Ultrasounds are used when a mother checks if her baby is a boy or girl during the months before birth.
There is also something called a CT (computerized tomography) scanner that is a specialized X-ray machine that sends out single X-rays through your body that are sent with several beams simultaneously from different angles. This scanner is designed to to take pictures of any part of any part of your body. The CT scanner is good at testing for bleeding in the brain, aneurysms, brain tumors and brain damages. In addition the CT scanner can be used to look into internal injuries such as a torn kidney, or bone injury.
All in all, technology has made a huge impact in our world today. The CT scanner, X-rays and ultra sounds are used for the benefit of doctors and patients in our society. Each and everyday these technologies continue to develop and grow into a more sufficient system. The improvement in our health care system, is very essential to the increasing human population.
Sources:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/importance-of-technology.html
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=genus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003337.htm
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xea0ay_the-importance-of-technology-in-hea_lifestyle
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/examinations/ctgeneral.htm
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