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This process was formalized in 1929 with the debut of the society's journal, The X-Ray Technician. In 1930, the organization was renamed to the American Society of Radiographers. [2] By 1932, when the association changed its name to the American Society of X-Ray Technicians, membership had reached nearly 400.
The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. or ASNT is a technical society for nondestructive testing (NDT) professionals. ASNT evolved from The American Industrial Radium and X-ray Society which was founded in 1941. [1]
Taking an X-ray image with early Crookes tube apparatus, late 1800s.. For the first three decades of medical imaging's existence (1897 to the 1930s), there was no standardized differentiation between the roles that we now differentiate as radiologic technologist (a technician in an allied health profession who obtains the images) versus radiologist (a physician who interprets them).
A certification is a third-party attestation of an individual's level of knowledge or proficiency in a certain industry or profession. They are granted by authorities in the field, such as professional societies and universities, or by private certificate-granting agencies.
Certification under these standards involves training, work experience under supervision and passing a written and practical examination set up by the independent certification authority. EN 473 [ 29 ] was another central certification scheme, very similar to ISO 9712, which was withdrawn when CEN replaced it with EN ISO 9712 in 2012.
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As of 2011, 38 states use the NREMT examination for EMT certification and 45 states use the NREMT examination for Paramedic certification. [3] These levels are denoted below using an asterisk (*). At present time, use of the NREMT examination for EMT-Intermediate 85 and 99 have not been included in this list.
In 1974, after studies of surveillance programs for coal miners revealed unacceptable degrees of reader variability, [1] NIOSH began the "B" reader program (so named because of the Black lung or Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program), with the intent to train and certify physicians in the ILO Classification system [2] (for classifying radiographs for the presence of pneumoconiosis), so as ...