Which jobs involve operate diagnostic imaging equipment?

18 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity, including Cardiologists, Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Critical Care Nurses, Dentists, General, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.

What kind of work is this?

It is physical, manual and inspection work. O*NET files it under the work activity "Controlling Machines and Processes" (element 4.A.3.a.3).

Operate diagnostic imaging equipment

Little of this can be handed to software today.

This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.

Key facts about this work activity
How automatable	Barely automatable
Kind of work	Physical, manual and inspection work
Jobs that do it	18 occupations
Tool categories that apply	None
O*NET activity	Controlling Machines and Processes (4.A.3.a.3)

What this looks like on the job

Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 18 occupations that perform it.

Examine teeth, gums, and related tissues, using dental instruments, x-rays, or other diagnostic equipment, to evaluate dental health, diagnose diseases or abnormalities, and plan appropriate treatments.
Photograph treated area of patient and process film.
Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status.
Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests, such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment to produce contrast-enhanced radiographs of heart and cardiovascular system.
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
Examine patients using equipment, such as radiograph (x-ray) machines or fluoroscopes, to determine the nature and extent of disorder or injury.
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment to produce contrast enhanced radiographs of heart and cardiovascular system.
Operate ultrasound equipment to produce and record images of the motion, shape, and composition of blood, organs, tissues, or bodily masses, such as fluid accumulations.
Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
Operate or oversee operation of radiologic or magnetic imaging equipment to produce images of the body for diagnostic purposes.
Operate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.
Create and transfer reference images and localization markers for treatment delivery, using image-guided radiation therapy.
Take and develop diagnostic radiographs, using x-ray equipment.
Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
Collect ophthalmic measurements or other diagnostic information, using ultrasound equipment, such as A-scan ultrasound biometry or B-scan ultrasonography equipment.

What we would actually use

Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.

Our pickBuy nothing

Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.

Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.

How people actually do it

No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.

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Who does this work

18 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.

Work that goes with it

O*NET groups these under “Operate medical equipment”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.

Related work activities
Activity	Jobs
Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment	26
Process x-rays or other medical images	8
Create advanced digital images of patients using computer imaging systems	7
Operate medical equipment	5

Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.