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radiology

specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body
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Summary

radiology is a medical specialty[1]. radiology draws 3,365 Wikipedia views per month (medical specialty category, ranking #27 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: medical diagnosis[3], medicine[4]
  • Part of: medicine[5]
  • Commons category: Radiology[6]
  • Said to be the same as: roentgenology[7]
  • Has part(s): interventional radiology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Radiology[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=radiology[10]
  • Practiced by: radiologist[11], radiographer[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

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Influence

Things named for radiology include International Day of Radiology[14], a world day[15], founded in 2012[16].

Why It Matters

radiology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] radiology is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for radiology include International Day of Radiology[14], a world day[15], founded in 2012[16].

Related Entities

Erik R Ranschaert Gregory McCarthy Jeffrey A Fessler Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology Malcolm Sperrin medical physics medicine nuclear medicine Paul Lauterbur

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q21902
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  2. 17w ago · Goleisureintl · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Medical X-Ray imaging TIN07 nevit.jpg
    Svkkl authority id → h0001114-radiologie
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology Facility in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.jpg"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Said to be the same as → roentgenology
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 6402, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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