Health in a Handbasket Episode 7: Shining a light inside the body

How can we see inside the body without opening it up? Medical Imaging is the term given to the way in which we can image the body. Think X-rays of your teeth, big MRI machines, or ultrasounds. All these forms of imaging use small doses of radiation to see inside the body. Charlotte Maughan Jones and Liam Collins-Jones (no relation!) are working to see the light. They're using medical imaging to scan the body for tendon damage, as is the case with Charlotte, and autism, as is the case with Liam. You might be wondering how they're doing this because isn't x-rays just for bones so how are we able to see the small, fleshy tendons? And how do we use medical imaging to diagnose autism? They're all questions that we'll be answering in this podcast.