Editing Pathology (section)

==Overlap with other diagnostic medicine==
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Though separate fields in terms of medical practice, a number of areas of inquiry in medicine and
medical science either overlap greatly with general pathology, work in tandem with it, or contribute significantly to the understanding of the pathology of a given disease or its course in an individual.  As a significant portion of all general pathology practice is concerned with [[cancer]], the practice of [[oncology]] makes extensive use of both anatomical and clinical pathology in diagnosis and treatment.<ref name="Cancer.Net">{{cite web|title=Types of Oncologists|url=http://www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer/newly-diagnosed/find-oncologist/types-oncologists|publisher=Cancer.Net : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)|access-date=25 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601155338/http://www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer/newly-diagnosed/find-oncologist/types-oncologists|archive-date=1 June 2013|date=2011-05-09}}</ref>  In particular, biopsy, [[segmental resection|resection]], and blood tests are all examples of pathology work that is essential for the diagnoses of many kinds of cancer and for the [[cancer staging|staging]] of [[Cancerous tumor|cancerous masses]]. In a similar fashion, the tissue and blood analysis techniques of general pathology are of central significance to the investigation of serious [[infectious disease (medical specialty)|infectious disease]] and as such inform significantly upon the fields of [[epidemiology]], [[etiology (medicine)|etiology]], [[immunology]], and [[parasitology]]. General pathology methods are of great importance to biomedical research into disease, wherein they are sometimes referred to as [[experimental pathology|"experimental" or "investigative" pathology]].{{cn|date=August 2022}}

[[Medical imaging]] is the generating of visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention. Medical imaging reveals details of [[internal medicine|internal]] physiology that help medical professionals plan appropriate treatments for tissue infection and trauma.  Medical imaging is also central in supplying the [[biometric]] data necessary to establish baseline features of [[anatomy]] and [[physiology]] so as to increase the accuracy with which early or fine-detail abnormalities are detected.  These diagnostic techniques are often performed in combination with general pathology procedures and are themselves often essential to developing new understanding of the [[pathogenesis]] of a given disease and tracking the progress of disease in specific medical cases.  Examples of important subdivisions in medical imaging include [[radiology]] (which uses the imaging technologies of X-ray [[radiography]]) [[magnetic resonance imaging]],  [[medical ultrasonography]] (or ultrasound), [[endoscopy]], [[elastography]], [[tactile imaging]], [[thermography]], [[medical photography]], [[nuclear medicine]] and [[functional imaging]] techniques such as [[positron emission tomography]].  Though they do not strictly relay images, readings from diagnostics tests involving [[electroencephalography]], [[magnetoencephalography]], and [[electrocardiography]] often give hints as to the state and function of certain tissues in the brain and heart respectively.