Radiological error could lead to a bad medical diagnosis
When determining a medical diagnosis, doctors and nurses rely on radiology to get a better look inside the body. Standard procedures such as x-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, PET scans and MRIs all fall under the umbrella of radiology. Although these procedures are highly prevalent in the medical field, could they be unreliable? A recent study published in The Spine Journal in late 2016 found diagnostic error rates were as high