Radiology has become its own specialty where x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized topography scans (CT Scan), and other imaging techniques are used extensively in helping practitioners diagnose patients.

Of course, with training and experience, humans are still needed to interpret the imaging studies. When these professionals, for whatever reason, fail to correctly interpret an imaging study they are negligent. Sometimes the radiology department is overworked and/or understaffed but that should make no difference when a patient has a study done that reveals a tumor that could be operated on and is not told about the tumor. Later, when the tumor makes itself known in more direct and offensive ways it might be discovered that the previous imaging study revealed the tumor but now it is too late to do surgery. That is negligence.

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