The BMAT is the second of the two undergraduate medicine admissions test. This guide will explain the three sections, highlight key resources and how to…
A MEDICAL STUDENT’S GUIDE
A Medical Student’s Guide to: X-Ray Imaging – Detecting X-Rays
This post is all about detecting x-rays in medical imaging and is the third and final x-ray physics article. If you haven’t already had a…
A Medical Student’s Guide to: X-Ray Imaging – The X-Ray Tube
How do we produce X-Rays? We create X-Rays in a device called an X-Ray tube. For most medical students, all you need to know is…
A Medical Student’s Guide to: X-Ray Imaging – What is an X-Ray?
Two-dimensional X-Ray images are created by firing a beam of X-Rays through a patient and measuring the number of photons reaching a detector placed behind…
A Medical Student’s Guide To: Ultrasound Imaging Modes
Ultrasound imaging is a versatile imaging modality, capable of producing a range of images and data graphs. Different modes of ultrasound are used for different…
A Medical Student’s Guide to: Ultrasound Imaging – The Basics
The Short History of Ultrasound Ultrasound imaging is a rapidly evolving imaging modality, invaluable in the fields of trauma, general surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology…