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The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia
The practice of radiology began after the invention of X-rays in 1895 which then spread to different parts of the world. There is no documentation on how and when the x-ray was introduced to the Ethiopian medical practice. However, radiology as a profession was in place for the last four decades. Si...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9624103/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339960 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v32i1.11S |
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author | Kebede, Tesfaye Zewdeneh, Daniel Atnafu, Asfaw Admassie, Daniel Asefa, Getachew Gorfu, Yocabel Getachew, Asefa |
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description | The practice of radiology began after the invention of X-rays in 1895 which then spread to different parts of the world. There is no documentation on how and when the x-ray was introduced to the Ethiopian medical practice. However, radiology as a profession was in place for the last four decades. Similar with the experience in other countries, the history of progress in the field of radiology in the Ethiopian setup is related directly to technological advances that occurred during the past few decades. Radiography was the main modality used in the first two decades. In the early years of the initiation of radiology training, only radiographs and ultrasounds were available for training and service. In the subsequent years, modern cross-sectional imaging equipment was introduced. This was mainly accomplished with the involvement of the private institutions which played a significant role. So far, there are more than 300 practicing radiologists as diagnosticians. Recently, also radiologic interventions were also introduced with the commencement of subspecialty training. |
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spelling | pubmed-96241032022-11-04 The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia Kebede, Tesfaye Zewdeneh, Daniel Atnafu, Asfaw Admassie, Daniel Asefa, Getachew Gorfu, Yocabel Getachew, Asefa Ethiop J Health Sci Perispective The practice of radiology began after the invention of X-rays in 1895 which then spread to different parts of the world. There is no documentation on how and when the x-ray was introduced to the Ethiopian medical practice. However, radiology as a profession was in place for the last four decades. Similar with the experience in other countries, the history of progress in the field of radiology in the Ethiopian setup is related directly to technological advances that occurred during the past few decades. Radiography was the main modality used in the first two decades. In the early years of the initiation of radiology training, only radiographs and ultrasounds were available for training and service. In the subsequent years, modern cross-sectional imaging equipment was introduced. This was mainly accomplished with the involvement of the private institutions which played a significant role. So far, there are more than 300 practicing radiologists as diagnosticians. Recently, also radiologic interventions were also introduced with the commencement of subspecialty training. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9624103/ /pubmed/36339960 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v32i1.11S Text en © 2022 Seife Teferi Dellie, et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Perispective Kebede, Tesfaye Zewdeneh, Daniel Atnafu, Asfaw Admassie, Daniel Asefa, Getachew Gorfu, Yocabel Getachew, Asefa The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title | The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title_full | The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title_short | The journey of Radiology in Ethiopia |
title_sort | journey of radiology in ethiopia |
topic | Perispective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9624103/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339960 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v32i1.11S |
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