What is the difference between Radiology and Radiography?
88 Views|Posted 2015-11-19 17:30:03
Asked by Amit D
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Answered by
9 years ago
Radiology means Study by means of Radio Imaging. Whereas Radiography is the Study of Images obtained by Radio Imaging.
Currently Radiology is the branch of Diagnostic Medicine.

Answered by
2015-11-20 12:10:53
Hi Amit,
These two terms generally confuses many people. However, the words 'Ology' means study of, whereas 'graphy' simply means to take images.
So radiography, in medical world refers to the practice of taking radio images, whereas radiology refers to study of these images in depth, and analyzin
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