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Health Topics Category Index Health Topics for Medical Departments Department of Radiology
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Your Doctor Has Ordered: An X-ray of Your Chest, Skull, Extremity, Abdomen, Pelvis, etc.
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University of Iowa Department of Radiology
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When you arrive in the X-ray department...
When you arrive in the X-ray department, you will be asked to be seated until the room to be used for your X-ray examination is available. Depending on the type of X-ray examination you are to have, you may be asked to change into a gown so that no buttons, snaps, or metal will interfere with the examination. If you are to have skull or sinus X-rays, you will be asked to remove dentures, hairpins, earrings, or glasses.
After the X-ray...
After the X-ray technologist has completed your X-rays, you will be asked to return to the reception area. This is to give the technologist time to assemble your films and examine their quality.
If no additional films are needed, you will be informed that it is all right to return to your room or to the clinic which requested the X-ray examination.
A radiologist--a doctor who specializes in X-rays--will interpret your X-rays and report the results to your doctor, who in turn will discuss them with you.
Please remember...
Do not be disturbed if you see other patients and visitors come and go while you are in the X-ray department. Not all patients are having the same type of X-ray examination--different examination types require different amounts of time.
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