Review Article
The Utilization of Medical Devices by Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors Investigated through Traditional Korean Medicine Clinical Studies
Table 2
List of diseases diagnosed by diagnostic devices.
| Diagnostic Devices | Diseases of Top 3 used | n (%) |
| MRI scanners | Herniation of lumbar disc | 16 (8.2) | Stroke | 12 (6.2) | Rotator cuff tear | 5 (2.6) |
| X-ray machines | Scoliosis | 9 (5.2) | Pneumonia and herniation of lumbar disc | 4 (2.3) |
| CT scanners | Stroke | 8 (5.8) | Lung cancer | 5 (3.6) | Herniation of lumbar disc and gastric cancer | 4 (2.9) |
| EKG equipment | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and stroke | 4 (5.0) | Parkinson disease | 2 (2.5) |
| Ultrasound scanners | Infertility | 4 (7.0) | Uterine myoma | 3 (5.3) | Hepatitis, frozen sholder, gastrocnemius tear, drug-induced liver injury and uterine bleeding | 2 (3.5) |
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MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; CT: computed tomography; EKG: electrocardiography.
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