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Biomedical professionals may be on the verge of a new key skill tree development. It would be an extension of their known skill set and a welcome ambassador in the imaging ecosystem.

I was watching an interview regarding extraterrestrials. Yep, ET. The man being interviewed is an “expert” on the many ETs that have seeded and influenced the progress of mankind on earth. Obviously, my mind is open to anything, especially when I am bored.

Traci Foster’s path to a medical imaging career wasn’t a direct one, but it’s ended up getting her exactly where she wanted to be. After completing an undergraduate degree in elementary education, Foster returned to her hometown of Rochester, Minnesota, to attend radiology school at the Mayo Clinic.

In the 50 years since the first computed tomographic images in the United States were captured by EMI-made scanners at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, computed tomography (CT) imaging has become an invaluable diagnostic tool.