Without the need for a search for pathology in the human body, there would
be no necessity for investigations. Investigations really commence when a doctor or a
medical student listens to and asks their patients questions. Thereafter, they examine
the patients and determine the appropriate investigations by “external” professionals.
Though medical care is a team effort, this author sees investigations as “third party” in
the sense that they are outside the immediate relationship between the patient and the
physician. These investigations may involve pathologists (and they are various) or
medical imaging professionals (there are a myriad of them too). In this book, reference
is given to the specialty of radiology and the medical imaging specialists.
Keywords: Computed tomography scan, CT scan, Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, Radiography, Radiographs, Radiology, Ultrasonography, Ultrasound, Xrays.
