How MRI Helps Detect Arthritis Arthritis is a group of conditions that can cause joint pain, stiffness, inflammation, cartilage deterioration, and changes to the bones and surrounding tissues. Because different forms of arthritis can affect joints in different ways, imaging plays an important role in identifying structural changes and helping healthcare providers evaluate a patient’s...Read More

What Is ARRT-Recognized Accreditation? Choosing an accredited Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) program is an important step for students preparing for a career as an MRI technologist. Accreditation can affect a student’s education, eligibility for professional certification, and preparation for the ARRT examination. The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) establishes education, ethics, and examination requirements...Read More

What Is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)? Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) play an important role in providing hands-on nursing care in nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation settings. Working as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, LPNs provide direct patient care, monitor residents’ conditions, administer treatments and medications within their scope of practice, document...Read More

What Is Mobile Imaging? Mobile imaging companies provide services such as ultrasounds, Dopplers, X-rays, EKGs, and echocardiograms directly at the patient’s bedside. Instead of working in a standardized imaging room with all the necessary equipment available, technologists receive the physician’s order and patient information, travel to the patient’s location with the equipment, perform the exam,...Read More