Radiologists are often the ones who are the "brains" of medical diagnosis. The primary care or ER physician gets the patient scanned, and the radiologist scrolls through hundreds if not thousands of images, building a mental model of the insides of the patient's body and then based on the tens of thousands of cases they've reviewed in the past, as well as deep and intimate human anatomical knowledge, attempts to synthesize a medical diagnosis. A human's life and wellness can hinge on an accurate diagnosis from a radiologist.
Does that sounds like an assistance's job?
Makes sense. Knowing nothing about it, I was picturing a tech sitting at home looking at pictures saying "yup, there's a spot", "nope, no spot here".
For this job a decade of studies would be a bit wasteful though.
Right, which is why I asked.