Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction: t that's not often what the sonographer and radioloThank you.I have had a lot of imaging, including CTs, over the past several years. Do you think a second opinion from a radiologist would be a good idea? Usually you get an order from a doctor and the radiologist does and reads the scan, but are there options for people who just want a radiologist to look over old testing? Can I pay someone to look at old tests?. ### Response: In general, radiologists definitely look at old scans, and that could be considered a second opinion. This pretty much means the patient has to bring the images on CDs.However, when this happens, it involves a "front line" non-radiology doctor (medicine, ortho, neuro, etc.) who sees the patient and usually is ordering a new scan and wants to know how today's MRI of the hip compares to the 2015 scan from Far Across The Country Clinic, LLC. Rarely the front line doc might have old scans only and just want his/her local radiologist to take a look as a courtesy.I have never run across exactly the 2nd part of what you're suggesting: patient directly sees/pays a radiologist to review stuff (with no front line doc involved). This probably exists somewhere in the world, but it has a sort of "boutique" feel to it..