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An Open Letter to Everyone Who has Been Nervously Pretending they Know How Medical Imaging Works…

An Open Letter to Everyone Who has Been Nervously Pretending they Know How Medical Imaging Works…

But, like myself, didn’t. An explanation for the rest of us, starting with x-rays.

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Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP
Jan 10, 2023
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Editorial Note: much to my delight, actual imaging professionals have reached out to let me know how wrong I am. This piece will have some edits, where I will correct my misunderstandings as they are pointed out, and I'm grateful to my colleagues in imaging for helping me understand where I got it wrong. But my contention: I don't understand, and I was too ashamed to admit it, it turns out to be just as correct as I thought. I still don't get it. And so I am not doubting for the accuracy of the things I'm describing in the piece just yet…

I came, I saw, and I scammed. With apologies to Julius Caesar, and his pithy commentary upon vanquishing stuff, I have been annoyed at how medical imaging has been used to scam people.

Particularly, it’s been a problem in psychiatry1. It’s been super scammy, and it’s a problem. But as long as we don’t understand what’s actually happening, it’s easy to be scammed. It is confusing, and we’re gonna have to admit we don’t understand what’s actually h…

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