[ConservativeMind]

It works, has no radiation, is more widely available, and is cheaper.

[ConservativeMind]

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[lilypad]

I’d think it would hurt like heck having that rubbing over a broken bone.

[inchworm]

Just like they can use MRI often instead of CT scan but opt for CT because quicker and cheaper- radiation be damned. I rarely see docs takes radiation into consideration. Instead they say bs stuff like it’s the same amount exposed to had you been on a flight to Europe. Yet that exposure on a flight is concentrated all on one body part and within a millisecond intensity.

[telescope115]

Makes perfect sense to me!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Modern x-ray machines give excellent results with a great deal less dose. They use CMOS sensors for the imaging instead of exposing film. I worked in nuke and radiation effects for decades, on a x-ray machine that horrified some 3rd world doctors when I sent them a picture. Wore my badge and never got a measurable dose.

[MayflowerMadam]

“does not require certification for personnel.”

I’ve had ultrasound tests and I assumed the testers had some kind of certification. It seems more complicated than an x-ray.

[mewzilla]

And I can tell you from previous, excruciatingly painful experience, that an x-ray is only as good as the radiologist reading it...

[Moltke]

“Does this hurt?” and giving it a good wiggle usually work well too.