[High technologies in radiodiagnostics: possibilities and prospects]

Diagnostic radiology includes several basic techniques such as conventional radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, radionuclide study, ultrasonography, and positron emission tomography as the most important methods. Radiological screening procedures or preclinical diagnostic techniques, as well as interventional radiological procedures, are being used more and more widely in clinical medicine. The integration and combination of different technologies, the introduction of digital diagnostic technologies, and the creation of radiological information systems on their basis are important factors increasing diagnostic efficiency. Improved technologies make it possible to change diagnostic tactics in the majority of diseases; the diagnostic process shortens because preference is given to most informative methods. Intensive technological development requires changes in the arrangement of radiologists' work.